After several people left the Foxconn factory in China amid the rising number of covid-19 cases in the country and severe restrictions, the company told its staff that it would quadruple their bonuses, if they stay.

WION Business News | China: Foxconn plant to increase bonuses if workers remain at the plant

China locked down Disneyland in Shanghai. Workers were reportedly climbing fences to escape a Foxconn factory in central China. As cases rise, China's ramping up its lockdowns. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

WION Fineprint | China's COVID lockdowns intensify

In an effort to stop spreading outbreaks, Chinese cities from Wuhan in the centre to Xining in the northwest are ramping up COVID-19 curbs, closing off buildings, locking down districts, thus putting millions of people in distress.

China: Wuhan, Guangzhou and other cities tighten measures to combat growing COVID-19 outbreaks

The city of Wuhan in China, which was the first COVID hotspot three years ago at the start of the pandemic, has imposed lockdown in some of the districts. Hanyang is one of the districts in Wuhan which where lockdown was imposed after spike in coronavirus cases.

Lockdown returns in Wuhan, the first-ever Covid hotspot in the world

Babies were affected by COVID lockdowns, according to a study by Irish doctors. They say there is a noticeable variation in the time it took lockdown babies to reach growth milestones. Priyanka Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: New study on "lockdown babies"

Tens of thousands of people are under lockdown in Shanghai. China closes off neighborhoods in the financial capital again. Priyanka Sharma tells you more

WION Fineprint | New COVID lockdowns in Shanghai amidst a rise in cases

Faced with a steep increase in prices and as they return to work, people across Australia are giving up their "pandemic" pets. Reuters reports that Australian animal shelters are overcrowded, with individuals waiting on waitlists for as long as eight months to surrender their pets.

'It's heartbreaking', Australian animal shelters overflow as people rush to return their 'pandemic pets'

Chinese city Chengdu has extended its lockdown again in the majority of districts on Thursday, in an effort to stop the spread of the Covid-19 cases in the 21 million populous capital.

Chinese city Chengdu extends Covid lockdown again

Over 100 million citizens are believed to be under pandemic restrictions in China. In the name of Zero Covid, people in China are being subjected to the same level of surveillance and authoritarian excesses as Xinjiang. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Mainland China is getting the "Xinjiang Treatment"

In a rare happening, a Chinese think tank has issued a public discord with Beijing's communist party's severe "zero-Covid" policy and said that the curbs must change.

Xi Jinping's 'zero-covid' policy faces rare public criticism

More than two years after the pandemic began, the classrooms in the Philippines welcomed students for their first in-person classes on Monday. Incessant lockdowns, prompted by the frequent rise in Covid cases kept students, both in primary and secondary classes out of the classrooms.

Schools reopen in Philippines for the first time after two years of Covid lockdowns

Two years ago, the world was hit by a coronavirus pandemic, that literally took our breath away. Most of the world was forced to go into lockdowns. During these dark times, India showed its resilience.

India@75: How India helped world during Covid pandemic

North Korea has declared a “shining victory” in its battle with Covid-19, as Kim Jong-Un's sister suggested that he was among those who contracted the virus.

Kim's sister blames South Korea for spreading COVID-19 in North Korea

The local government of South China's island province of Hainan scrambles to contain Covid-19 clusters. Parts of Tibet began mass Covid-19 testing on Tuesday, including its Lhasa and Shigatse to fight a rare flare-up.

Authorities race to contain Covid-19 surge, eligible travellers leave Hainan

China is now offering a boost to economy bruised by covid-led lockdowns. China's export growth unexpectedly picked up speed last month, this come as a relief for the world's second largest economy that is trying to gain some momentum.

China: Export growth picks up

China is under the grip of another Covid outbreak which has started from the popular resort city of Sanya in Hainan province. The Chinese resort island has placed a number of cities including the provincial capital city of Haikou into a strict covered lockdown.

China's tourist hotspot imposes Covid curbs, puts many cities under lockdown

Nearly a million people have been placed under a covid lockdown in the suburb of Wuhan in China. The government has asked residents to stay inside their homes for three days.

Millions put under lockdown again in China; residents told to quarantine for 3 days

Wuhan has locked down 1 million residents. The original epicenter of the pandemic is dealing with a fresh outbreak. This comes after fresh studies linked the virus to a wet market in Wuhan. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Wuhan locks down 1 million people

If you are an Apple user this story is for you. Apple has finally announced a new security feature it's called the lockdown mode but the question is why has apple come up with this feature?

Are you an Apple user? What is Apple's 'lockdown mode'?

It seems like there is no end to the covid-19 wars in China. In the latest, the country has placed around 1.7 million people under virus lockdown in the eastern province of Anhui, this comes after the province reported nearly 300 new cases in the last 24 hours.

China: Anhui reports 287 cases in 24 hours, over 1.7 mn people under lockdown

China placed 1.7 million people under lockdown in central Anhui province amid fresh Covid-19 surge. The outbreak in Anhui comes as the Chinese economy begins to rebound from a months-long lockdown in Shanghai and disruptive Covid restrictions in the capital Beijing.

Total lockdown imposed in China's Anhui province amid fresh Covid surge

A deadly parasite has been detected in Australia. It can potentially destroy Australia's honey industry. So, Australian authorities have put bees under a "lockdown". Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: In Australia, Bees are under a lockdown

Two years back the pandemic put an end to life as we knew it, millions all over the world were stuck at home, with not much to do. At a time like that most of us turned to the solace of social media, movies, and television.

During the Covid pandemic, children spent more time on computers and phones: Study

A 24-hour bar known for cheap liquor and big crowds has been identified as a Covid outbreak epicentre in China, authorities in Beijing raced on Monday to contain the outbreak with millions facing mandatory testing and thousands under targeted lockdowns.

Millions tested in Beijing amid 24-hour bar emerging as Covid epicentre

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