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Beijing prepares for ‘life again’ as lockdowns lift across China

BEIJING: China's capital Beijing dropped the need for people to show negative COVID tests to enter supermarkets and offices on Tuesday, the latest in...

COVID protests escalate in Guangzhou as China lockdown anger boils

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: People in China's southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police on Tuesday night, videos on social media showed, as...

Fresh Covid outbreaks put millions under lockdown in China

Tens of millions of people were under lockdown in China on Wednesday as businesses in a major tourist city were forced to shut their...

Parts of Shanghai impose new COVID lockdown measures

Parts of Shanghai began imposing new lockdown restrictions on Thursday, with residents of the sprawling Minhang district ordered to stay home for two days...

‘Hard to believe it’s actually happening’: Shanghai to lift COVID lockdown

Shanghai authorities on Tuesday began dismantling fences around housing compounds and ripping police tape off public squares and buildings before the lifting of a...

Shanghai takes baby steps towards ending COVID lockdown

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Shanghai took more gradual steps on Friday towards lifting its COVID-19 lockdown while Beijing was investigating cases where its strict curbs were affecting...

Oil slides on worries about lockdowns in China, release of reserves

Oil prices slid more than $2 a barrel on Monday, following a second straight weekly decline after world consumers announced plans to release a...

Norway ends most curbs despite rising COVID infections

OSLO: Norway will scrap most of its remaining COVID-19 lockdown measures with immediate effect as a spike in coronavirus infections is unlikely to jeopardise...

Omicron: Smart lockdown imposed in six Rawalpindi localities

RAWALPINDI: The district administration on Thursday imposed a smart lockdown in six localities of Rawalpindi district after the emergence of Omicron cases in the...

Smart lockdown imposed in more Islamabad areas amid Omicron surge

ISLAMABAD: The district administration of the capital has decided to seal 20 more streets in the federal capital following a rise in COVID-19 cases...

Omicron: PM Imran Khan rules out lockdown

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday rejected the closure of businesses, industries, and other economic activities despite rising Omicron cases of Covid-19 variant...

New Zealand rules out lockdowns as it prepares for Omicron outbreak

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that restrictions will be tightened across the country if there is a community transmission of...

Federal cabinet decides against imposing lockdown in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Federal cabinet has decided against imposing lockdown in the country despite a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases besides approving the filing of a...

Asad Umar clarifies about possibilities of lockdown amid Omicron threat

ISLAMABAD: Head of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar on Wednesday rejected the possibility of a complete lockdown in view of...

Omicron case: Local admin in Karachi clarifies over imposing lockdown

KARACHI: No lockdown is being planned in Karachi in the wake of the detection of the first case of Omicron, the latest variant of...

LHC hints at week-long lockdown in Lahore amid smog threat

LAHORE: Terming the smog situation 'worrying', the Lahore High Court (LHC) has hinted at a week-long lockdown in Lahore, ARY News reported on Wednesday. Justice...

World’s most locked-down city eases coronavirus restrictions

Melbourne residents flocked to the city's restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world's most locked-down city emerged from...

Lockdown imposed in Punjab districts with low vaccination rate

LAHORE: The Punjab government has imposed lockdown in different districts having low Covid vaccination rate with effect from October 1, ARY News reported. The Punjab...

New curbs on movement imposed in Punjab from September 23

LAHORE: Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the Punjab province, the provincial government has re-imposed curbs on movement from September 23, ARY NEWS reported....

Punjab imposes lockdown in five districts owing to high Covid positivity rate

LAHORE: Punjab government has imposed lockdown in five districts of the province till 22 September, ARY News reported on Wednesday. Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department...

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