
Among the people with the virus, 30% had only mild symptoms, 52% moderate, and 14% severe or very severe. But a survey of 3,000 expatriates in the capital published on December 15 by The Beijinger indicates that 9% of the population had Covid-19 before December 1, which skyrocketed to 58% since that date and only 33% of people did not get it. With the routine screening policy dropped on December 7, no public data is credible. Beijing, where the virus remained under control until mid-November, has seen cases multiply at a dizzying rate.

And the Omicron variant is likely to cause a complete disaster. A barrier on the state border of Queensland and New South Wales preventing interstate travel in April 2020. On 19 March 2020, President Alberto Fernndez announced a mandatory lockdown to curb the spread of. Boosters, lockdown, laissez faire here's a look at how countries around the world are reacting to the omicron variant. At least six countries have had to restart their coronavirus lockdowns weeks after. ANDREW BRAUN / APĪfter three years of patient construction, the restrictive zero-Covid policy set up by the Chinese government against the virus was lifted. Countries and territories with lockdowns Argentina. Residents line up for coronavirus tests after six new cases were discovered in Wuhan, China, May 15, 2020.


Subscribers only A mobile Covid-19 test center in Shanghai, China, on December 16, 2022. Since even before the abandonment of China's restrictive zero-Covid policy at the beginning of December, infections soared across the country.īy Simon Leplâtre (Shanghai (China) correspondent) and Frédéric Lemaître (Beijing (China) correspondent) Published on December 17, 2022, at 7:13 pm (Paris), updated on December 25, 2022, at 1:22 pm As Covid-19 cases explode, China now is voluntarily on lockdown BI India Bureau Dec 17, 2020, 15:42 IST Unsplash A number of European nations have reinforced strict restrictions and lockdowns following a surge of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks.
