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<ul class="summary-list"><li>JPMorgan says <keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> will need to inject more monetary <keyword id="11922603" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="stimulus" source="Orion">stimulus</keyword> to protect its economy from the spread of COVID.</li><li>Strategist Kerry Craig says the country will need extra support to achieve its growth target once restrictions ease.</li></ul>JPMorgan says China has multiple targets to hit this year and it will need stimulus measures to achieve them.<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/05/23/the-economy-is-likely-going-to-continue-to-grow-says-j-p-morgan.html">Speaking</a> to CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" on Monday, JPMorgan global market strategist Kerry Craig said China is seeking to achieve 5.5% growth for the economy, tame the spread of coronavirus infections through its zero-COVID policy, and support the housing market."China is in a very delicate position", he said. "That trifecta of things doesn't seem like something that is going to balance out easily. We're going to expect to see more targeted stimulus measures." He said the measures could come in place once <keyword id="9443587" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-restrictions" source="Orion">COVID restrictions</keyword> around Beijing and Shanghai ease.Craig said extra support for the economy would allow people to go out and spend money instead of staying at home and possibly add to inflationary pressures."They are trying to achieve that 5.5% growth rate," he said. This is China's lowest growth target since 1991.China is experiencing a surge in COVID cases and imposed strict <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shanghai-lockdown-restrictions-starbucks-apple-economy-supply-chain-2022-5?r=US&amp;IR=T">lockdowns</a> in Shanghai in March and ramped up restrictions in Beijing as the government pursued its aggressive zero-COVID policy. That means <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-covid-outbreak-lockdowns-disrupting-supply-chain-again-2022-1?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">rapid lockdowns</a>, mass testing, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shipping-supply-chain-crisis-long-china-covid-quarantines-2021-11?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">travel restrictions</a>.Business activity shrank in the manufacturing and commercial hub of Shanghai and the broader global economy, as factories were shuttered and workers were confined to their homes. Restrictions in Shanghai will ease from June 1, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/shanghai-aims-return-normal-life-june-1-city-official-2022-05-16/">Reuters reported</a>.China's economic growth has slowed, with official data showed a sharp fall in economic activity in the past month as the lockdowns took hold, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/20/do-whatever-it-takes-beijing-urged-to-act-as-china-economy-falters">the Guardian reported</a>. Retail sales in April shrank more than 11% from a year earlier, the biggest contraction since the initial coronavirus outbreak in March 2020.The People's Bank of China last week also lowered its five-year loan prime rate, used to price mortgages, to 4.45% from 4.6% to support the property sector by reducing loan costs.Fitch Ratings this month <a href="https://www.fitchratings.com/videos/china-2022-growth-forecast-cut-amid-covid-19-outbreaks-10-05-2022">cut</a> China's 2022 forecast GDP growth further, to 4.3% from 4.8%, "amid extensive disruption to the economy from tightening COVID-19 controls."<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-crypto-stock-market-crash-bubble-price-prediction-valkyrie-investments-2022-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more: </a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-crypto-stock-market-crash-bubble-price-prediction-valkyrie-investments-2022-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-crypto-stock-market-crash-bubble-price-prediction-valkyrie-investments-2022-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'The pain isn't over yet'. The investing chief of a $1 billion digital asset manager expects stocks to fall another 30% - and says the sell-off could cause bitcoin to plummet below $22,000</a>

JPMorgan says China is going to bring in stimulus to protect its economy while it controls the spread of COVID

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Shanghai Banxia Investment Management Center slashed its Chinese stock holdings to zero, Bloomberg reported.</li><li>The <keyword id="11918410" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hedge-fund" source="Orion">hedge fund</keyword>'s founder said fears around <keyword id="8764262" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid" source="Orion">COVID</keyword>, Russia-Ukraine, and <keyword id="13383456" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fed-rate-hikes" source="Orion">Fed rate hikes</keyword> make 2022 worse than 2008 for returns.</li></ul>A top hedge fund in <keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> that has virtually no exposure to domestic stocks right now expects this year to be the toughest for asset managers in well over a decade, thanks to war in Ukraine, rising US interest rates, ongoing COVID outbreaks, particularly in China, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-24/hedge-fund-cuts-china-stocks-to-zero-seeing-worse-year-than-2008">Bloomberg reported</a> on Monday.Shanghai Banxia Investment Management Center founder Li Bei said COVID, Russia-Ukraine, and the Federal Reserve's rate hikes would make this year tougher for fund managers to get returns than 2008."This year is more uncertain," Li said in a <a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/38k3HXQiq3OBgssyJCWZtA">WeChat post</a> Monday. "The outbreak of war and the development of the epidemic in China this year have brought a lot of uncertainty."Shanghai has been <a href="https://www.insider.com/shanghai-lockdown-surreal-photos-ghost-town-amid-covid-lockdown-2022-4">under a strict lockdown</a> since late March amid a surge of COVID cases. Authorities <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/oil-price-today-china-covid-lockdowns-fed-rate-hikes-concerns-2022-4">put up fences</a> around some residences in the city and closed some streets, as mass testing in Beijing also led to fears of a lockdown.Chinese health officials stood by the "zero-Covid" policy. That means <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-covid-outbreak-lockdowns-disrupting-supply-chain-again-2022-1">rapid lockdowns</a>, mass testing, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shipping-supply-chain-crisis-long-china-covid-quarantines-2021-11">travel restrictions</a>.Li said that along with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the Fed's strategy of rapidly raising interest rates from historic lows would add to the challenge, particularly for investors in long-dated fixed income.Banxia's exposure to Chinese stocks was almost nothing at the end of last year, Li said, adding that this was not unusual given the market environment."As a hedge fund that pursues absolute returns, this is not uncommon. It is normal to take a long position when there is an opportunity, and not to do it when there is no opportunity," she said."I'm not saying the economy is more difficult or that there will be a financial crisis. I'm just saying that this year is more difficult for fund managers to get yield," she said.So far this year, Shanghai's benchmark CSI 300 index has fallen by almost 23%, compared with a decline of 11% in the S&amp;P 500, a drop of 7.6% in the Nikkei and a fall of 8.4% in the pan-European Stoxx 600.Fed officials, including Chair Jerome Powell, signaled the central bank is likely to raise US interest rates by 50 basis points next month to bring inflation, which is running at its hottest in over 40 years, under control.Investors <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fed-rate-hike-jerome-powell-backs-double-size-may-increase-2022-4?r=US&amp;IR=T&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">largely expect</a> the Fed to raise rates by 50 basis points at its next three policy meetings and there is a growing risk that this could hurt economic growth.Regarding her fund's net stock position being reduced to zero, Li said, "As a hedge fund pursuing absolute returns, this is not a strange thing. It is normal to have more positions if you have a chance, and if there is no chance, you won't do it."China's strict <keyword id="8919629" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdowns" source="Orion">lockdowns</keyword> have created concern about the outlook for global energy demand, as well as more problems in the global supply chain. "More lockdowns reduce demand for commodities in the short-term which is an easing factor for commodity inflation, but lockdowns also create bottlenecks in the world's factory which causes more delays and potentially inflation in consumer <keyword id="11893875" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="markets" source="Orion">markets</keyword> in the US and Europe," strategists at Saxo Bank told clients in a note.She said that, despite the difficulties, the war and COVID pandemic are in a more stable period and that risks in stock markets are getting smaller."Stocks are nothing more than a problem of correct pricing. As long as the price fully sets the risk of economic downturn, even if the economy really declines, it will not necessarily fall sharply."

A major hedge fund in China that cut its domestic stock exposure to zero expects returns to be worse than in 2008

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11896879" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oil" source="Orion">Oil</keyword> slipped on Monday as China tightened <keyword id="8919629" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdowns" source="Orion">lockdowns</keyword> and conducted mass-testing to control a COVID-19 outbreak.</li><li>The <keyword id="11895523" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="federal-reserve" source="Orion">Federal Reserve</keyword>'s signal that it may raise rates quickly prompted fears of a hit to economic growth.</li></ul>Oil dropped for a second day on Monday, as China's efforts to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 and the Federal Reserve's indication that it could raise interest rates aggressively prompted concerns about demand.<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price">Brent crude oil</a> slid 4.76% to $101.10 a barrel and <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?type=wti">WTI crude oil</a> slipped 4.78% to $97.18 a barrel, dropping for a second day.China implemented harsher measures to contain rising COVID cases in the country, which has raised fears of a big hit to demand in the world's biggest energy importer. Shanghai authorities <a href="https://www.insider.com/shanghai-lockdown-metal-barriers-and-fences-seal-off-peoples-homes-2022-4">put up fences</a> by some residential buildings and closed some streets amidst a strict lockdown in the financial hub, with fears of a lockdown in capital Beijing following mass testing. Chinese officials have stood by what they're calling a "dynamic" "zero-COVID" policy. That means <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-covid-outbreak-lockdowns-disrupting-supply-chain-again-2022-1">rapid lockdowns</a>, mass testing, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shipping-supply-chain-crisis-long-china-covid-quarantines-2021-11">travel restrictions</a> whenever clusters emerge, with Shanghai locked down since March.A raft of Fed officials, including Chair Jerome Powell last week, have signaled the central bank is likely to raise US interest rates by half a percentage point next month to bring inflation, which is running at its hottest in over 40 years, under control. Investors <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fed-rate-hike-jerome-powell-backs-double-size-may-increase-2022-4?r=US&amp;IR=T">largely expect</a> the Fed to raise rates by 50 basis points at its next three policy meetings and there is a growing risk that this could hurt economic growth."There is little doubt that worries about falling demand in China is hitting traders sentiment, coupled with an expected slowdown in the US," said Susannah Streeter, senior investment and <keyword id="11893875" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="markets" source="Orion">markets</keyword> analyst at Hargreaves Landsdown. "However the price is set to stay volatile given the brutal ongoing battles in Ukraine are adding to the spring tides of worry."The oil market has already faced reduced supply after Russia's war on Ukraine. Russia was heavily sanctioned following the invasion, as traders shun Russian cargo and the EU mulls a Russian energy cut, after the US already banned it.The European Union was planning "smart sanctions" on Russia's oil imports, the Times <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brussels-prepares-to-hit-russia-with-smart-sanctions-on-oil-imports-k3f230l3j">reported</a> Monday, to minimize damage to the bloc's economy. The EU is heavily dependent on Russia for its energy needs, with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/opec-energy-oil-russia-europe-european-union-sanctions-ukraine-war-2022-4?r=US&amp;IR=T">around 25%</a> of its oil and 40% of its natural gas imports coming from there, and is under pressure to find alternative sources."Russia's commitment to waging war in the East of the country remains unwavering and there is still some expectation that European countries which are still holding out against a Russian crude embargo, may relent in the face of Moscow's continuing aggression," Streeter said.

Oil drops over China COVID lockdowns concerns and Fed rate hikes cause demand worries

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11896879" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oil" source="Orion">Oil</keyword> gained on Tuesday as easing <keyword id="9443587" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-restrictions" source="Orion">Covid restrictions</keyword> in Shanghai alleviated some concern about demand.</li><li><keyword id="12754126" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sanctions" source="Orion">Sanctions</keyword> on Russia and its intensifying war on Ukraine could severely threaten supply, OPEC said.</li></ul>Oil rose sharply on Tuesday, regaining much of the previous day's lost ground, after <keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> said it would ease some of the restrictions on movement in Shanghai, while investors assessed the prospect of supply disruption from the escalating Russia-Ukraine war.A COVID outbreak in China in recent weeks had prompted strict <keyword id="8919629" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdowns" source="Orion">lockdowns</keyword> in many major cities, including Shanghai. But authorities relented somewhat on Monday and loosened some restrictions, which gave way to a degree of relief among investors in the region about the demand outlook in the world's largest energy importer."The easing of Shanghai lockdowns today has prompted dip-buying by Asian buyers, hopeful the worst is past now for China," <a href="https://www.marketpulse.com/20220412/china-weighs-on-oil-gold-edges-up/">wrote</a> Jeffrey Haley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, at OANDA.Brent crude fell by as much as 5.2% on Monday to a low of $97.57 a barrel, but by Tuesday had recouped that lost ground. Brent was last up 5.3% on the day at $104.12 a barrel, while WTI crude oil was up 5.8% at $99.75 a barrel.Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the prospect of sanctions on exports to some of its major consumers in Europe has fed fears that <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/iea-release-60-million-barrels-oil-us-180-million-barrels-2022-4">millions of barrels of oil a day</a> could be lost from the global market which would, in turn, exacerbate already high energy prices and inflation.The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/opec-energy-oil-russia-europe-european-union-sanctions-ukraine-war-2022-4?r=US&amp;IR=T"> told</a> the European Union this week that it would be "nearly impossible" to replace Russian oil if supplies are cut off due to sanctions, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-meets-opec-amid-calls-oil-output-increase-2022-04-11/">Reuters</a>. It said more than 7 million barrels a day of oil and other liquid exports could be lost."The oil market is still vulnerable to a major shock if Russian energy is sanctioned, and that risk remains on the table," wrote Edward Moya, a senior market analyst with OANDA.<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/opec-agrees-to-ease-cuts-by-432000-bpd-in-may-1031322933">OPEC+ said last month</a> that it would increase output by about 432,000 barrels per day in May to meet demand recovery as the Covid pandemic eases. The group has said repeatedly it does not set supply policy according to politics, a sign traders say suggests it may not raise crude output to make up for losses from sanctions.A number of Western nations, including the United States have committed to releasing up to <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/oil-price-today-energy-russia-ukraine-opec-chinese-covid-rise-2022-4">240 million barrels of oil over the next six months</a> from emergency stockpiles to alleviate some of the upward pressure on prices.The EU , which relies on Russia for around 25% of its oil imports, is trying to wean itself off Russian energy and considering an embargo on the country's oil. Russia is the world's <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/oil-market-supply-russia-ukraine-energy-crunch-ukraine-war-vitol-2022-4?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">third-largest oil producer</a> and <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/oil-price-today-asia-aramco-of-saudi-price-hikes-russia-2022-4?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">second-largest crude oil exporter</a> at about 5 million barrels a day.<keyword id="11894590" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oil-prices" source="Orion">Oil prices</keyword> are already up around 30% year-to-date, as traders have voluntarily <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/oil-price-today-energy-russia-ukraine-opec-chinese-covid-rise-2022-4">boycotted</a> cargoes of Russian oil and a number of countries including the US and UK have said they will ban imports.

Oil rises as China eases some Covid restrictions and OPEC warns it cannot replace lost Russian barrels

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11964539" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="france" source="Orion">France</keyword> is requiring eligible employees to <keyword id="11929864" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="work-from-home" source="Orion">work from home</keyword> for at least three days a week in January.</li><li>Other countries, like Switzerland, are considering mandating work from home amid the omicron surge.</li></ul>France is requiring that all citizens who can work from home do so for three days a week in January as the omicron variant causes a surge in <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">coronavirus</keyword> infections throughout the world. French Prime Minister Jean Castex declared the new measure on Monday. This is the second time during the <keyword id="11896136" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pandemic" source="Orion">pandemic</keyword> that France has set such a rule, first doing so between March and May of last year. Research shows that work-from-home slows the spread of the virus, and doesn't hamper productivity, but the discretion is often left to employers to let their workers do it — and many don't give them the option.Additionally, Castex limited outdoor public gatherings to 5,000 attendees and banned eating and drinking on long distance mass transit. Schools, however, will continue to reopen as planned in January. This news comes as France clocks in a record number of infections, averaging about 70,000 new ones a day, according to the country's <a href="https://www.gouvernement.fr/info-coronavirus/carte-et-donnees">coronavirus dashboard</a>. On Saturday, France recorded more than 100,000 new infections, the highest number reported in the country since the start of the pandemic nearly two years ago. <h2>Work from home helps stop the spread, but many aren't given the option</h2>Castex's mandate keeps parameters loose for who can and cannot work from home. Only 30 percent of the French working population worked from home during the containment period last year, according to a <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108512/activity-professional-containment-france/">survey</a> conducted in August by data platform Statista. Disparities persisted between executives and blue collar workers: 61% of managers and senior professionals were <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195679/share-french-employees-regularly-teleworking-professional-category/">able to work</a> remotely. In contrast, 95% of blue-collar workers either had to stop working or work in person because their jobs did not allow them to do so from home. For white-collar workers, that number was 82%. 75% of respondents to the <a href="https://www.gensler.com/gri/france-workplace-survey-2020-en">Gensler France Workplace Survey</a> last year said they were satisfied with their work-from-home experience, even though 65% said that they believe it's easier to work together at the office. Nearly half of respondents wanted their companies to increase work from opportunities (49%). Research shows that working from home does not impact productivity. A <a href="https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/are-we-really-more-productive-working-home">study</a> by the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business found that 6 out of 10 workers reported being more productive at home than they expected to be in the past year, compared with 14% of respondents who said they finished less work. 40% of people said they were more productive at home during the pandemic than in the office. The news comes as many European countries are reinstating some <keyword id="91743" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdown" source="Orion">lockdown</keyword> measures this week. Switzerland, which also previously implemented a work-from-home mandate, is also <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/switzerland-may-reintroduce-work-from-home-mandate-amid-omicron/">considering </a>doing so again amid the impact of Omicron. Scientists have <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8242705/#:~:text=Working%20from%20home%20can%20provide,home%20to%20practice%20physical%20distancing.">found</a> that working from home helps reduce the spread of the coronavirus by helping people avoid physical proximity to others on public transportation and in the office. Germany closed many gyms, swimming pools, nightclubs, and movie theaters, also limiting private gatherings of vaccinated people to 10 at most. Restrictions to these spaces were also put in place in Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Scotland, and Greece. Iceland had never seen more than 200 cases per day during the entire pandemic, but recorded 672 infections in one day this week.

French citizens must work from home 3 days a week as COVID cases surge again

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12060141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="beijing" source="Orion">Beijing</keyword> is testing millions for <keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword> after an outbreak at a 24-hour bar, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/beijing-tests-millions-isolates-thousands-over-covid-cluster-24-hour-bar-2022-06-13/">Reuters reported</a>. </li><li>Around 10,000 close contacts of people who visited the bar have been locked down at home, it added.</li></ul>3.5 million residents of <keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword>'s capital Beijing are being tested for COVID-19, after 200 new cases linked to a 24-hour bar and liquor store emerged, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/beijing-tests-millions-isolates-thousands-over-covid-cluster-24-hour-bar-2022-06-13/">according to Reuters</a>. The new COVID-19 cases have been linked to Heaven Supermarket Bar, a popular nightlife venue and liquor supermarket in the central Beijing district of Chaoyang. Residents of Chaoyang now face mandatory testing.As well as millions of tests, Beijing has locked down the homes of around 10,000 close contacts of people who attended the bar in recent days.Several employees have been locked into the venue for at least two days to isolate from others and to undergo testing, Reuters said.Local authorities described the outbreak as "ferocious" and "explosive" and have halted Chaoyang's plans for schools reopening.Last week, Beijing eased its social distancing rules to <a href="https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3181270/chinas-capital-reopens-restaurants-foodies-and-lunch-crowd">allow dine-in service</a> at restaurants and bars. The country's persistence with a strategy of 'zero <keyword id="8764262" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid" source="Orion">COVID</keyword>' has resulted in extended, strict <keyword id="91743" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdown" source="Orion">lockdown</keyword>s in megacities such as Shanghai, whose months-long lockdown <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/16/shanghai-to-end-covid-lockdown-and-return-to-normal-life-in-june-amid-economic-slowdown">also eased this month</a>.The extended lockdown <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-workers-shanghai-factory-storm-dormitory-revolt-captivity-clash-guards-2022-5">sparked protests</a> and <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-16/china-s-economy-contracts-sharply-as-covid-zero-curbs-output">slowed down economic activity</a> in one of the world's busiest ports, hitting an already strained global supply chain.Millions of residents of Shanghai, a commercial epicenter of China, were again placed under strict lockdown measures over the weekend, after a cluster was linked to a popular beauty salon, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/shanghai-faces-unexpected-round-covid-testing-most-residents-2022-06-09/">according to a Reuters report</a>. The nation of 1.4 billion people has recorded around 14,000 COVID deaths, <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html">per Johns Hopkins University data.</a>

China is testing 3.5 million Beijing residents after a 'ferocious' COVID outbreak just days after easing restrictions on nightlife

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Austria is bringing back a full-scale <keyword id="91743" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdown" source="Orion">lockdown</keyword> amid a <keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword> spike.</li><li>Case surges around Europe are bringing renewed restrictions, heralding a bleak winter.</li></ul>Austrians earned an unenviable distinction Friday morning, when the country became Europe's first to go back into lockdown.Everyone — vaccinated or not — is to stay at home on government instructions, much as they did when the pandemic first emerged.The restrictions go into effect Monday and are due to last three weeks. After that, vaccinated people can resume their daily lives, but the unvaccinated are to stay locked down, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/austria-reimposes-full-coronavirus-lockdown-plans-mandatory-vaccinations-2021-11?r=US&amp;IR=T">Insider's Sinéad Baker reported on Friday</a>.Austria's response to the latest surge is part of a wider swath of restrictions sweeping Europe.The country's lockdown was prompted by a sharp COVID surge, more extreme than some other places in Europe, but on a similar upward trajectory:<div type="image" title="graphs show new confirmed cases per million in European countries." height="1412" width="2000" msid="87809437" hostid="261"></div>Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg gave an explanation for the new rules: not enough vaccinated people. Austria has one of Europe's lower vaccination rates, <a href="https://info.gesundheitsministerium.at/impflage">with just 65.71% of its population vaccinated</a>.Other countries are suffering lesser versions of the same paradigm. Germany (67% vaccinated), Slovakia (55%), and the Czech Republic (58%) are all in the midst of their own COVID surges — and government crackdowns are already underway.Unvaccinated Germans now <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/europe/germany-pandemic-rules.html">find themselves unable to ride public transit without proof of a negative test</a>, and must work from home thanks to "a dramatic level of infection," according to Chancellor Angela Merkel.In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, residents are banned from restaurants and events without proof of vaccination.Even well-vaccinated nations, like <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/europe/ireland-covid-curfew-intl/index.html">Ireland</a> (75%) and and <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/18/covid-update-belgium-pm-de-croo-says-he-wants-to-avoid-lockdown.html">Belgium</a> (76%), are bringing back restrictions like curfews, and are urging residents to work from home. Convincing people to get vaccinated has proved tricky — with many nations finding that mandates are ultimately a more effective mechanism for raising vaccination rates.But while vaccination programs undoubtedly spared Europeans from additional COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, they didn't ward off a return to restrictions and lockdowns, Europe found.<h2>An Austria-style lockdown is unlikely in the United States</h2><div type="image" title="biden/pelosi" height="1624" width="2165" msid="87809438" hostid="261"></div>The US has historically responded to spikes in COVID-19 cases differently than Europe has. But as winter draws near, President Joe Biden faces a similar problem — relatively low levels of vaccination (57.8%) and a virus that's not giving up.His efforts to roll out vaccination, first by persuasion and later using mandates, have prompted mixed results. In particular, Biden's sweeping push to enforce vaccination in US workplaces remains tangled in the courts system, and may yet be found unenforceable.But despite those similarities, the US is unlikely to consider Austria-style lockdowns even if infections continue to rise, according to Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, "I don't think they would be accepted, frankly," Schaffner told Insider.The American tendency to balk at the length and severity of past European lockdowns may reflect cultural differences between Europe and the US, Schaffner pointed out."Lockdowns are no longer on the list that government leaders at the local or state level would be considering seriously," he said, adding, "Although there will be surges, I don't think they would be of a magnitude that would precipitate a lockdown again."While public health experts like Schaffner urge Americans to remain cautious and vigilant about COVID-19, that careful point of view has not been enthusiastically embraced, he said. Instead, politicians and everyday Americans want to return to a semblance of normal for the holidays. "We're operating on our own trajectory," Schaffner said of the United States.

As Europe enters a bleak winter of COVID restrictions, US unlikely to return to lockdowns

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Videos have surfaced on Chinese social media platform Weibo of drones broadcasting <keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword> rules.</li><li>One of the drones instructed residents to "control your soul's desire for freedom" and stay indoors.</li></ul>Videos have circulated on Twitter and the Chinese social media platform Weibo of what appears to be a drone hovering in the sky, broadcasting Covid <keyword id="91743" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdown" source="Orion">lockdown</keyword> guidelines to residents under quarantine. One particular clip shows a drone with red, flashing lights hovering above apartment buildings, broadcasting a message loudly. The <a href="https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4755027982745764?from=old_pc_videoshow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video's original poster</a> said the clip was taken in a residential district in <keyword id="12087066" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="shanghai" source="Orion">Shanghai</keyword>. "Everyone, don't sing songs on your balcony. Songjiang Jiuting Park residents sang a little bit and then there was a drone coming over to say to control the desire for freedom in one's soul," read the poster's caption on the video. In the <a href="https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4733986468200570?mid=4733987421684609">video</a>, the drone is seen flying over buildings, and a robotic voice broadcasts the message: "Residents of Jiuting. During the pandemic, we request that you strictly abide by COVID-19 restrictions and related guidelines. Control your soul's desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing. This increases the risk of COVID-19 transmission." Other drones have also been seen flying over Shanghainese districts, <a href="https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4754936739856395?from=old_pc_videoshow">prompting some posters who filmed videos of the drones</a> to call it "a glimpse of Cyberpunk 2077," referencing the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cyberpunk-2077-developer-apologizes-to-players-2021-1">dystopian video game</a>. In <a href="https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4755545379504182?from=old_pc_videoshow">other clips</a> on the Twitter-like Weibo platform, drones broadcasting messages to college students were seen taking off. These drones broadcast messages that indicated that due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, one must keep face masks on at all times and stay in the confines of their college dormitories. It's not just drones that are being deployed in Shanghai. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-robot-dog-covid-19-instructions-in-lockdown-shanghai-china-2022-4">Videos of robot dogs trotting along the empty streets of Shanghai</a> have also been <a href="https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4752390474366992?from=old_pc_videoshow">uploaded to Weibo</a>.One robot dog was spotted carrying a loudspeaker from which COVID-19 lockdown guidelines were broadcast. "Disinfect regularly. Ventilate your home. Prevent the pandemic in a scientific manner," intoned the broadcast message, in a similarly robotic voice. Shanghai is currently struggling with a marked surge in COVID-19 cases, <a href="https://www.insider.com/shanghai-lockdown-surreal-photos-ghost-town-amid-covid-lockdown-2022-4">prompting the entire city of 26 million to be put on a strict lockdown</a> amid <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3172984/china-starts-covid-19-mass-testing-25-million-shanghai">mandated mass-testing</a> for the virus. The city's Covid-zero policy has, however, drawn flak after <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-shows-infants-left-unattended-shanghai-amid-covid-lockdown-2022-4">disturbing videos emerged of infants and toddlers being left unattended in an overcrowded quarantine center in the city</a> — a move that the Chinese government has <a href="https://www.insider.com/shanghai-defends-move-to-separate-covid-positive-children-from-parents-2022-4">defended</a>. The city's mass-testing regimen has surfaced more than 94,000 infections in the southern financial hub since March 1, per the <a href="https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3173197/coronavirus-shanghai-adds-17007-new-covid-19-cases-setting-daily-record">South China Morning Post</a>.

Shanghai is flying drones over districts to tell citizens under lockdown to 'curb your soul's desire for freedom' and comply with COVID-19 restrictions

Kyiv (Ukraine), Apr 28 (AP) Authorities in Ukraine have started to ease lockdown restrictions enacted since March 12 to curb the spread of the coronavirus.Government officials in Chernivtsy, a city 500 kilometers (300 miles) west of Kyiv, allowed food markets to reopen Tuesday while requiring customers to wear masks and observe social distancing.In Kyiv, authorities plan to lift some of the restrictions on May 12 to allow beauty parlors, shops and parks to reopen if there isn't a spike of new infections. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says similar gradual measures may be taken throughout the country.Ukraine has reported 9,410 coronavirus cases and 239 deaths. (AP) NSA

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Kyiv, Apr 29 (AP) Several hundred Ukrainian entrepreneurs protested in Kyiv on Wednesday, demanding the government to ease lockdown restrictions enacted on March 12 to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The protesters blocked a street near Ukraine's government offices, demanding state support for businesses and permission to reopen small enterprises on May 1 - otherwise companies would go under, the entrepreneurs argued. Ukraine's authorities, which have reported 9,866 confirmed coronavirus cases, started to ease lockdown restrictions this week and plan to gradually lift the lockdown after May 11 if virus cases don't spike. Government officials in Chernivtsy, a city 500 kilometers (300 miles) west of Kyiv, allowed food markets to reopen Tuesday while requiring customers to wear masks and observe social distancing. In Kyiv, authorities plan to allow beauty parlors, shops and parks to reopen on May 12. (AP) IND

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