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· Carl Samson
Trump picks Indian American COVID lockdown critic as next NIH director
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian American Stanford University professor and vocal critic of COVID-19 lockdowns, as the next director of the National Institutes of Health. Driving the news: Trump believes Bhattacharya and Robert F.…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese woman sealed in during lockdown dies after pleas ignored
The Hohhot government in northern China’s Inner Mongolia confirmed that a woman died inside a community complex on Friday. The community building has been on a strict lockdown since Oct. 26 after two people tested positive for COVID-19. “An investigation revealed that property…
· Bryan Ke
Viral video shows panicked shoppers attempting to escape an Ikea outlet in China during flash lockdown
Chaos ensued at an Ikea outlet in Shanghai’s Xuhui district after security announced a flash lockdown on Saturday due to potential COVID-19 exposure. The order came after authorities learned that one shopper had been in close contact with a positive case, Shanghai Health…
· Jane Nam
1 million residents in Wuhan, China put into lockdown over 4 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases
The central Chinese city of Wuhan has mandated one of its districts with one million residents into a lockdown after four asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 were found. Local authorities of the Jiangxia district announced a 3-day “temporary restriction” starting Wednesday after the…
· Jane Nam
China reports first COVID deaths in over 2 years amid Shanghai lockdown disaffection
Shanghai’s 26 million residents have been in complete lockdown since April 1 as part of China’s zero-COVID strategy and the Omicron variant’s extreme contagiousness. On Sunday, three elderly Shanghai residents, two of them 91 years old and one 89, were the first to reportedly…
· Jane Nam
Video of Shanghai residents screaming out their windows during strict COVID lockdown goes viral
A video recorded in Shanghai has gone viral for showing residents screaming out of their windows after over a week of total COVID-19 lockdown. Author and radio host Patrick Madrid posted the video on Twitter on April 8, claiming it was sent to him the day before by his friend’s…
· Ryan General
Shanghai woman in lockdown has to have her double eyelid surgery sutures removed at her complex’s gate
A Shanghai woman waiting to have the sutures removed from a recent eyelid surgery found her residential complex unexpectedly under COVID-19 lockdown. After concerns about a prolonged lockdown, she asked her doctor, named Zhou, for help: “Do you think I can postpone the time to…
· Bryan Ke
26 million Shanghai residents placed on two-stage lockdown amid COVID-19 surge
China’s most populous city has been placed on a two-stage lockdown amid a new surge of COVID-19 infections, with 4,381 asymptomatic and 96 symptomatic cases recorded as of Monday. Shanghai’s Pudong financial district and nearby areas in the east were the first to be affected by…
· Ryan General
Chinese diner trapped in restaurant for days due to sudden COVID lockdown: ‘I can’t eat hot pot anymore’
A woman and around 40 other customers were provided with free-flowing food for three days after a COVID-19 lockdown forced them into isolation inside a hot pot restaurant in China. Wang, the customer who documented the incident, shared that the restaurant owner’s kindness turned…
· Rebecca Moon
Video of Chinese bride racing to meet her groom stuck in lockdown garners over 280 million views on Weibo
After her groom in China was stranded at home on his wedding day due to COVID-19 lockdown regulations, a bride in China rushed to meet him so the two could get married. A now viral video was posted to Weibo showing the hasty journey that the bride, Amanda Liu, made to meet her…
· Jane Nam
Largest Chinese city to date, tens of millions put on strict COVID lockdown after record outbreak
China reported over 5,100 new COVID cases on Tuesday, March 15, causing several cities to go into lockdown. The rapid increase in infections marks a stark difference from February, when there were only a few dozen reported cases. Unexpected lockdowns have also created panic…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese couple trapped for a month together on their second date due to sudden COVID lockdown get engaged
A Chinese man and woman who planned a one-day date were trapped for a month at home together due to an unexpected COVID-19 lockdown. The woman, Zhao Xiaoqing, announced their engagement plans after she found that she and her lockdown partner, Zhao Fei, had “compatible souls.” A…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese woman trapped in blind date’s house for days due to sudden COVID lockdown
A Chinese woman found herself stuck inside her blind date’s house for a few days after parts of his city were placed under a COVID-19 lockdown during their dinner date. The woman, identified as Wang, was reportedly visiting Zhengzhou City in Henan Province when the lockdown…
· Editorial Staff
5 Ways to Get Your Confidence Back After COVID Lockdowns
Feeling a bit less confident than you used to be? According to Cosmetic Business, a British survey discovered that 20% of respondents report feeling less confident now than they were before the pandemic. It could be due to months of social distancing, working from home, being in…
· Ryan General
Utah Man Totally Nails Proposal in ‘Animal Crossing’ During Lockdown
Stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, a man in Utah used the wildly popular Nintendo game “Animal Crossing” to successfully propose to his girlfriend. Lockdowns due to COVID-19 prevented Quan Le from fulfilling his grand plans of proposing to his girlfriend, Morgan…
· Carl Samson
Beefcakes Now Deliver Sushi to Your Door in Japan During Lockdown
As delivery services continue to be of essence at this time, a new sushi business in Japan decided to buff up its staff — and quite literally. Vber Macho, based in Nagoya, is targeting customers who are down to get served by muscular delivery men.
· Bryan Ke
Korean Football Team Fills Stadium With Sex Dolls During Lockdown
South Korean football team FC Seoul has issued an apology for using sex dolls to fill empty seats at their match over the weekend amid the COVID-19 pandemic. FC Seoul played against Gwangju on Sunday for the second game of the K League season that was originally planned to kick…
· Bryan Ke
Nurse Raises Over $12,000 For Homeless and Elderly People in NYC Amid Lockdown
An Asian American registered nurse started a crowdfunding campaign for the homeless and elderly stuck inside their homes in New York City amid the COVID-19 lockdown. Justin Tsui, who is currently pursuing a doctorate of nursing practice in psychiatric mental health at Columbia…
· Ryan General
Endangered Rare One-Horned Rhino Murdered By Poachers in India During Lockdown
A rare one-horned rhino at a UNESCO-listed heritage site in India was recently killed by hunters as poaching activities in India surge during the COVID-19 lockdown. Situated in northeastern India’s Assam state, the Kaziranga National Park is home to the world’s biggest…
· Maina Chen
Colorado Nurse Told to ‘Go to China’ While Protesting Anti-Lockdown Ralliers
Colorado nurses launched a silent counter-protest to the hundreds who gathered for an anti-lockdown campaign on Sunday.