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San Quentin prison on lockdown as dozens suffer gastrointestinal illness. Prisoners say 'boiled chicken' is to blame.
Dozens needed medical care, men incarcerated at San Quentin said. Officials call it a gastrointesti…
Laura Italiano,Nicole Einbind…
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Boris Johnson said he didn't know his 2020 office party that violated UK lockdown measures 'could amount to a breach of the rules'
Last week, the prime minister apologized and paid a fine for attending a June 2020 birthday party t…
Lauren Frias
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People in Shanghai scramble to bulk-buy food direct from suppliers amid shortages in its harsh COVID-19 lockdown
In the third week of Shanghai's harsh lockdown, most residents are forbidden from leaving home. Som…
Mia Jankowicz,Cheryl Teh
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Austria imposed a COVID-19 lockdown for unvaccinated people only
Unvaccinated people can only leave their homes for essential reasons from Monday. The chancellor ho…
Sinéad Baker
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Tens of millions of Chinese people are back in strict lockdown. Residents say they feel 'trapped.'
Surging numbers of virus cases prompted the new measures. Daily increases of more 1,000 cases are a…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Forget reopening. The new COVID variant has 'stay-at-home' stocks rebounding.
Little is known about the new COVID strain except it may be vaccine-resistant. Meanwhile traders ar…
Ben Winck
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Food-delivery drivers in Shanghai forced to become homeless as the city's draconian lockdown means they can't enter their homes
They have to choose between staying at home and getting no income, or working and not returning hom…
Sinéad Baker
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Anti-lockdown protesters flooded central London even though there is no longer a lockdown for them to oppose
July 19 was England's "freedom day," with almost all restrictions gone. But some people are still p…
Sinéad Baker
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Germany is imposing a COVID-19 lockdown for unvaccinated people only
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor, Olaf Scholz announced the new measures on Thur…
Kelly McLaughlin
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China locks down a city of 1 million people over 3 cases of COVID-19
The lockdown comes just a month before the Beijing Olympics — and as over 1 million new cases were …
Jake Epstein
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Xi orders senior officials to make sure China's GDP outpaces US despite COVID-19 lockdowns, WSJ reports
Cities and regions across China were forced into lockdown following a recent surge in COVID-19 case…
Jake Epstein
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French citizens must work from home 3 days a week as COVID cases surge again
Amid a worldwide spike due to the omicron variant, France is reimplementing its work-from-home mand…
Jason Lalljee
WATCH: Highlights from Biden's speech on coronavirus lockdown anniversary
In his first prime-time address President Joe Biden offered hope to Americans announcing his plans …
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The Netherlands has just gone into a month-long nationwide lockdown in response to the Omicron surge
The Netherlands is the first EU country to reimpose lockdown in the face of surging Omicron cases t…
Shona Ghosh
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DeSantis downplays COVID-19 testing for people without symptoms, calling it a 'lockdown by stealth'
In response to DeSantis' comments, a public health expert told Insider that "wishing" COVID-19 will…
Rebecca Cohen
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Boris Johnson extends England's coronavirus lockdown into March
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says schools will start to re-open from the week of March 8th if va…
Adam Bienkov,Thomas Colson
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As Europe enters a bleak winter of COVID restrictions, US unlikely to return to lockdowns
Austria announced a full lockdown on Friday, taking a step that European leaders had hoped would be…
Kieran Corcoran
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Aside from vaccination, mask-wearing seems the most effective tool for combating COVID-19, a major study suggests
But the researchers bemoaned a lack of quality data on quarantine, lockdowns, and school closures, …
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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General Motors told Shanghai workers to sleep on factory floors to keep up production during the city's new lockdown, report says
The city of Shanghai told companies like General Motors to create worker bubbles so production can …
Bill Bostock
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WATCH: Highlights from Biden's speech on coronavirus lockdown anniversary
In his first prime-time address President Joe Biden offered hope to Americans, announcing his plans…