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04 July 2022
1.7 million locked down in China's Anhui province
Community volunteers wearing personal protective equipment guide residents queuing to get tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus in a compound during a Covid-19 lockdown in Pudong district in Shanghai on April 17, 2022. Photo: AFP
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24 April 2022
China's censors scrub viral Shanghai...
A viral video showing the impact of the prolonged coronavirus lockdown on Shanghai's...
Mass testing is already underway for residents in China. Photo: AFP
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08 February 2022
China locks down city of 3.5 million near Vietnam...
A Chinese city of 3.5 million near the border with Vietnam was on lockdown Monday after...
This photograph taken on May 24, 2019 shows garment factory workers making men's suits in a factory in Hanoi. Photo: AFP
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30 September 2021
Vietnam's lockdown ensnares world's...
From shoes and sweaters to car parts and coffee, Vietnam's strict and lengthy coronavirus...
Buildings under lockdown (C) stand in Jordan, Hong Kong, China, 23 January 2021. Photo: EPA
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24 January 2021
Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in two-...
Thousands of Hong Kongers were ordered to stay in their homes on Saturday for the city's...
Pedestrians walk in the City of London, backdropped by St Paul's Cathedral, in London, Britain, 20 January 2021, during the third national lockdown. Photo: EPA
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23 January 2021
UK economy faces another recession on virus curbs...
Britain's private sector activity shrank in January due to another coronavirus lockdown...
US President Donald J. Trump meets with Republican Members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 08 May 2020. Photo: EPA
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09 May 2020
Pandemic destroys 20.5 mn US jobs in April in...
The coronavirus lockdown wiped out 20.5 million US jobs in April, destroying nearly all...
Stray dogs in Kolkata usually rely on scraps and refuse for food but are going hungry during the coronavirus lockdown (AFP Photo / Dibyangshu SARKAR)
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09 April 2020
Monkeys, elephants and dogs reclaim India's...
Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India's presidential palace,...