On Wednesday night, the Chinese National Health Commission published a complete overview of its strategy to prevent and monitor the spread of COVID-19 for the remainder of winter and spring in rural areas.
Before moving, migrant (Chinese travel workers) who return to the countryside between Jan. 28 and March 8 are urged to get checked for COVID-19.
Then they must undergo a 14-day health screening period at home after they arrive at their destinations, during which time they will be screened twice and should avoid gatherings.
The Ministry of Transport predicts that around the Spring Festival of this year, some 1.7 billion trips will be made, around 40 percent less than in 2019, when there was no pandemic hanging over the holiday travel plans of people.
Even as the ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks in northern and northeastern China have diminished, the world's largest human migration is expected to place considerable pressure on the testing hospitals and the laboratories that treat them.
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In the first three weeks of 2021 alone, the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management Agency (@BNPB_Indonesia or just BNPB) said there had been a shocking 171 natural disasters in Indonesia.
"Most are in the form of floods, hurricanes and landslides," Professor Wiku Adisasmito from BNPB, who is also the national COVID-19 task force spokesperson, said in a press conference this week.
Indonesia reported 297 disasters in the month of January last year, including floods in the metropolitan area of Jakarta and landslides in West Java. But the disasters this year have been more deadly, with 160 individuals dying so far in January 2021,
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke again about the possibility of border controls in the corona pandemic: Germany is looking for a "cooperative effort" but is not ruling out controls as an "ultima ratio",
said the CDU politician before the deliberations of the European heads of state and government . This attitude is not well received by the SPD coalition partner: "Instead of threatening our European partners with border controls,
Chancellor Merkel must use all her strength to promote more European coordination in the fight against pandemics at the summit," said the deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group, Achim Post , notify.
In a spectacular anti-Mafia operation, investigators arrested dozens of suspects in several parts of Italy. The suspects include alleged bosses of the 'Ndrangheta from Calabria as well as entrepreneurs, officials and politicians.
As the Italian news agency Adnkronos reported, 13 people were imprisoned and 35 were placed under house arrest. In Rome, an opposition politician from the center-right spectrum denied all allegations after a search.
However, he resigned from his party post, as the Ansa agency wrote. Central suspects have been identified in Crotone, where the 'Ndrangheta is at home.
As coronavirus infections surge, Dubai has suspended non-essential surgery for a month and live entertainment in hotels and restaurants until further notice.
In a circular published on its website on Wednesday, Dubai's health regulator said that the decision, which takes effect on Thursday and could be extended, was aimed at ensuring that health facilities are prepared to deal cases of COVID-19.
Similarly, after registering a rise in violations, Dubai's tourism department released a circular, seen by Reuters, suspending entertainment in hotels and restaurants.