New, more contagious COVID-19 variants have also contributed to the recent outbreaks, says Al Jazeera. It is reported that the National Commission for Women registered a total of 257 complaints including 69 domestic violence complaints by the women in one week.
Eid celebrations have been linked to 24 coronavirus outbreak clusters of more than 850 cases.
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The government mishandled the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with the online registration system crashing, says The New York Times.Malaysia’s drastic rise of infections comes as a result of three recent challenges: Malaysia has a record number of patients in intensive care and on ventilators, reports Al Jazeera. Hospital and intensive care capacity is becoming increasingly limited as outbreaks strain the health care system. Almost 40% of Malaysia's coronavirus-related deaths came from this month alone, says the AP.Now the country has recorded almost 550,000 cases - four times the number of last year’s cases - and 2,552 total deaths - five times the number of deaths last year - per The New York Times.Last year, the country recorded 113,000 coronavirus cases and 471 coronavirus deaths, says The New York Times.As of March 26, mainland China had confirmed 143,240 cases of COVID-19. There were no deaths reported on March 26, leaving the death toll at 4,638. The correlation test was used to analyze the associations between lockdown days factor and total cases of COVID-19 by countries. Of the new cases, 1,217 were locally transmitted, versus 1,280 a day earlier.
The country reported 1,254 new confirmed cases with symptoms, down from 1,335 a day earlier.
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More than 14 million Shanghai residents have taken antigen tests, the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission said on Sunday.īut some residents have grumbled about seemingly endless cycles of testing and the piecemeal approach to ending transmission chains, with some saying the cost of zero-COVID had become too high.įrustrations have also been felt elsewhere in China.Įarlier this month, in footage shared on social media, a crowd of people in the northeastern city of Shenyang banged against the windows of a clothing market as they shouted in frustration at yet another round of COVID-19 tests.Ĭhina reported a total of 4,448 new asymptomatic infections on March 26, up from 4,430 a day earlier, including 1,007 new cases in the northeastern province of Jilin, currently under lockdown. Shanghai authorities have previously resisted a broad lockdown of the city to avoid destabilising its economy and opted for a more bespoke “slicing and gridding” approach, which involves screening neighbourhoods one by one. While the number of cases in Shanghai remains modest by global standards, the city of 26 million people has become a testing ground for China’s “zero-COVID” strategy as it tries to bring the highly infectious Omicron variant under control.
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The city recorded 2,631 new asymptomatic cases, which accounted for nearly 60 percent of China’s total new asymptomatic cases that day, plus 47 new cases with symptoms. Shanghai has battled a new COVID-19 surge for nearly a month and on Saturday it reported its highest daily number of cases since the initial outbreak in China receded. “The public is asked to support, understand and cooperate with the city’s epidemic prevention and control work, and participate in nucleic acid testing in an orderly manner,” the government added. It also said that all companies and factories will suspend manufacturing or work remotely during the lockdown, apart from those involved in offering public services or supplying food. Public transport, including ride-hailing services, in these areas will be suspended when they are locked down, the city government said on its official WeChat account, adding that unapproved vehicles will not be allowed on the roads. If you like my videos please don't forget to subscribe if you haven't. The remaining areas will be locked down and tested between April 1 and 5. In this video, I shared with you all the current COVID situation here in China. Districts to the east of the river, and some to its west, will be locked down and tested between March 28 and April 1. Last week, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued fresh guidelines to all the states and UTs asking them to strictly implement containment measures across districts with a high number of COVID. China’s financial hub of Shanghai says it will lock down the city in two stages to carry out COVID-19 testing over a nine-day period, after it reported a new daily record for asymptomatic infections.Īuthorities said on Sunday they would divide Shanghai into two for the exercise, using the Huangpu River that passes through the city as a guide. The decision to impose total lockdown in the state is being announced when the state witnessed 125 COVID-19 related deaths in a single day.