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HK Gov't to Impose More #Lockdowns and Mandatory Tests

Hong Kong's Chief Secretary for Administration #MatthewCheung announced on Feb 1, 2021 that any building found with one positive #COVID19 case with an unidentifiable source or a positive sewage report will be enlisted for mandatory testing.

Cheung said more lockdowns and mandatory testing notices are to be expected in the next 10 days.

Between Jan 23 and 31, 2021, the Hong Kong government has imposed 4 mandatory lockdowns in Jordan, Yau Ma Tei, North Point and Lam Tin. Residents and district councillors voiced out their discontent about the chaotic arrangement, especially when many affected residents had already been subjected to mandatory testing before the governmemt's implementation of an additional lockdown. After the first lockdown on Jan 23, Chief Executive #CarrieLam and government officials denied that residents were obstructed in what Lam called the "ambush-style" lockdown.

Source: InMedia; Apple Daily #Feb1
https://bit.ly/39DoNVP

#Overview: 6 #Lockdowns End With No Postive Case

(1) Jan 23, 2021: Jordan

Postive Rate: 0.17%

HK Gov't Finds 13 Cases After Testing 7,000 Civilians
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28151

(2) Jan 26, 2021: Yau Ma Tei

Postive Rate: 0.003%

Many Elderly and Ethinic Minorities Live in Restricted Area
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28195

(3) Jan 28, 2021: North Point

Postive Rate: 0%

No Cases Found After Gov't's #AmbushLockdown
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28228

(4) Jan 31, 2021: Lam Tin

Postive Rate: 0%

Residents Subjected to Repeated Tests Within Days
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28295

(5) Feb 1, 2021: Tsim Sha Tsui

Postive Rate: 0%

Local Business Affected by Lockdown
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28295

(6) Feb 1, 2021: Yau Ma Tei

Postive Rate: 0%

#RupertDover Monitors Lockdown Area
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28320

(7) Feb 1, 2021: Hung Hom

Postive Rate: 0%

Streets in Hong Kong Get Emptier
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28324

(8) Feb 1, 2021: Yuen Long

Postive Rate: 0%

‘I’m Very Anxious’: China’s #Lockdowns Leave Millions Out of Work

Source: New York Times #May5

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‘I’m Very Anxious’: China’s #Lockdowns Leave Millions Out of Work

//Migrant workers and recent college graduates have been hit hardest by shuttered factories, closed construction sites and an anemic job market.

As China battles its worst coronavirus outbreaks, its uncompromising determination to eliminate infections has left millions unable to work. Stringent lockdowns, hitting city after city, have forced factories and businesses to shut, sometimes for weeks, including in some of the country’s most important economic centers.

Two groups have been especially hard-hit: migrant workers — the roughly 280 million laborers who travel from rural areas to cities to work in sectors such as manufacturing and construction — and recent college graduates. Nearly 11 million college students, a record, are expected to graduate this year...

Yang Jiwei, a 21-year-old from Anhui Province, worked as a waiter in Shanghai when the lockdown began. His residence, shared with four other people, had no kitchen supplies, so they could not cook the few packages of vegetables and meat that local officials had provided. He had been eating a dwindling supply of instant noodles...

But the official unemployment figures are widely considered an undercount. They do not capture many migrant workers, and they also count people as unemployed only if they are able to start working within two weeks. That would exclude people under extended lockdowns or the growing numbers of young people deferring job searches...//

Read the full article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/business/china-shanghai-covid-lockdown-economy.html

Source: New York Times #May5

#Unemployment #Discontent #Pandemic #ShanghaiLockdown #Covid19