News Snapshot:
As the country faces the most substantial rise in COVID-19 cases since the early days of the pandemic, China has once again resorted to major shutdowns of its cities, including schools and markets. Changchun, a nine-million-person metropolis in Jilin province, has been shut down by Chinese authorities. At the same time, authorities in the city and the eastern port city of Qingdao have ordered the construction of makeshift hospitals. Meanwhile, schools in Shanghai have been closed again due to an outbreak of the omicron strain, and officials are considering diverting all foreign flights away from the financial centre to relieve...
