The Pigeon Express
A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people. The lockdown of Anyang, home to 5.5 million people, was announced late Monday after two cases of the omicron variant were reported. Residents are not allowed to […]
A second city in China has been put under total lockdown after just three asymptomatic Covid-19 cases were discovered. The 1.1 million people of Yuzhou saw its transport system shut down and all but essential food stores closed overnight. It follows a similar lockdown in Xi’an, where 13 million have been confined to their homes […]
Some residents under lockdown in the Chinese city of Xi’an say they do not have enough food, even as officials insist there are adequate supplies. More than 13 million were ordered to stay at home last week as authorities sought to battle a Covid outbreak. But compared to other lockdowns globally, locals cannot go out […]
More than 13 million people in the Chinese city of Xi’an have been ordered to stay at home as authorities attempt to tackle a Covid outbreak there. The northern city has recorded 143 infections since 9 December. Under the new restrictions announced on Wednesday, only one person per household is allowed to leave home every […]
A pack of wolves chasing actors across the stage during a live show has raised alarm about the safety of the performers and audience. The clip was filmed in a theater in northwestern city of Xi’an, China was posted on social media platform Weibo last week. It quickly went viral, garnering more than 433 million […]
Two cities in China have found traces of coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food, authorities said on Thursday. A sample taken from the surface of frozen chicken wings imported into the southern city of Shenzhen from Brazil, as well as samples of outer packaging of frozen Ecuadorian shrimp sold in the northwestern city of […]