Tag: Delta variants

“It’s Gonna Be Quite Awful”: Sydney’s Small Businesses Say Lockdown Repressive

Small business owners are bearing the brunt of Sydney’s three-week lockdown, with one worker calling the restrictions communistic as the new measures mean many in the retail, hospitality and construction sectors can not work until the end of the month. Nam Nguyen, the owner of a barbershop in the heart of Fairfield, which has emerged…


Orange County’s COVID-19 Weekly Averages Jump Up

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s weekly averages for COVID-19 doubled July 20, but hospitalizations decreased. The county’s case rate per 100,000 residents increased from 2.6 to 4.9 and the test positivity rate jumped up from 1.8 percent to 3.3 percent. The county’s Health Equity Quartile rate, which measures the disadvantaged communities hardest hit by the pandemic,…