Zero-Covid policy

Crew Restrictions Returning Following End Of China’s Zero-Covid Policy

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  • Japan requires all travelers coming out of China within the past seven days to be tested on arrival.
  • Some companies are also no longer recommending their seafarers renew or boost “expired” vaccinations.
  • A recent spike in Covid-19 cases has also raised concerns that it creates conditions for new variants to develop.

Global Maritime Forum also says vaccination rates among seafarers are now higher than in most countries. The end of China’s zero-Covid policy has...

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Covid Outbreak Has Infected 80% Of Chinese Population

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  • The mass movement of people during the ongoing Lunar New Year holiday period may spread the pandemic, boosting infections in some areas.
  • China has passed the peak of COVID patients in fever clinics, emergency rooms and with critical conditions.
  • Nearly 60,000 people have died from COVID in hospital as of Jan. 12, roughly a month after China abruptly dismantled its zero-COVID policy.

The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three...

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China Is Collapsing In The Face Of Covid – And Soon The World Will Suffer Too

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The catastrophe has just recently started to manifest itself, with years of suffering, millions of deaths, and a massive society on the verge of collapse, as reported by The Telegraph.

New covid cases

The municipal health chief of Qingdao, a city of about 10 million people in China’s eastern Shandong province, recently said that there are “between 490,000 and 530,000” new Covid cases a day there.

Qingdao, said Bo Tao, had yet to reach its peak infection rate.

The...

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Xi Calls for Unity As China Enters ‘New Phase’ of COVID Policy

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Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Saturday for more effort and unity as the country enters a “new phase” in its approach to combating the pandemic, in his first comments addressed to the public on COVID-19 since his government changed course three weeks ago and relaxed its rigorous policy of lockdowns and mass testing, reports the Guardian.

Xi Jinping urges unity

In a televised speech to mark the New Year, Xi said China had...

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China Covid Deaths Could Be Above 5,000/Day: UK Firm

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More than 5,000 people are probably dying each day from COVID-19 in China, health data firm Airfinity estimated, offering a dramatic contrast to official data from Beijing on the country’s current outbreak, reports Reuters.

The UK-based firm said it had used modelling based on regional Chinese data to produce figures that also put current daily infections in the country at above a million.

Its estimates were “in stark contrast to the official data which...

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Apple Faces Major Tiff With Chinese iPhone Factory

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A violent workers’ revolt at the world’s largest iPhone factory this week in central China is further scrambling Apple’s strained supply and highlighting how the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy is hurting global technology firms, reports CNN.

The troubles started last month when workers left the factory campus in Zhengzhou, the capital of the central province of Henan, due to Covid fears. Short on staff, bonuses were offered to workers to return.

But protests...

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Apple Faces Major Tiff With Chinese iPhone Factory

Source: EyePress News/Reuters

A violent workers’ revolt at the world’s largest iPhone factory this week in central China is further scrambling Apple’s strained supply and highlighting how the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy is hurting global technology firms, reports CNN.

The troubles started last month when workers left the factory campus in Zhengzhou, the capital of the central province of Henan, due to Covid fears. Short on staff, bonuses were offered to workers to return.

But protests...

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Is The Global Economy Getting Out Of Hand?

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  • America’s inflation is coming down because pandemic-related disruptions to supply chains are dissipating.
  • China’s economy has the biggest potential to spring a pleasant surprise in 2023 because it has been so damaged by the zero-covid policy and a housing crash.
  • Rising infections mean more lockdowns could be imminent.

There are still major issues with American inflation, the energy crisis in Europe, and China’s zero-covid policy as reported by The Economist.

Dollar...

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Chengdu, China Locks Down 21.2 Million People

In order to prepare for four days of citywide Covid-19 testing, Chengdu, a major city in southwest China with a population of 21.2 million, declared a lockdown on its citizens. This comes as some of the nation’s most populated and economically significant cities are dealing with outbreaks.

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Residents of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, were ordered to stay home from 6 p.m. on Thursday, with households allowed to send one person per day to shop for necessities, the city...

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