This is the first time in the 128-year history of the modern games, conceptualized by French Baron Pierre de Coubertein, that the ceremonial opening of the Olympics is being held outside the main stadium.
The Walt Disney Co.'s premier Disney resort, according to The Hollywood Reporter, shut its doors on Monday, requiring all visitors present at the time of the announcement to remain inside the park until they could show a negative test result. The theme park visitors can be seen frantically sprinting to the closed gates in a number of viral pictures and videos.
China's capital city Beijing has shut more than 40 subway stations, about a tenth of the network, and 158 bus routes, service providers said. Most of the suspended stations and routes are in the Chaoyang district, the epicentre of Beijing's outbreak, reported The Express Tribune.
In affected areas, residents will be required to stay indoors, while non-contact delivery of necessities will be allowed.
While Brent crude lost more than $3 a barrel on concerns that the move would mean that demand for oil will fall, the Shanghai Composite stock index fell in early trade before regaining most of the losses later in the morning.
According to a state health department official, though the infection rate is high, 80 per cent of the infected are asymptomatic and 17 per cent of the symptomatic patients are being treated at home. Only 3 per cent need hospitalization and the death rate is also very low.
On December 23, more than 13 million people in the city in Shaanxi province were ordered to stay home last week as authorities sought to battle the Covid outbreak.
"People who are coming from Britain tested Omicron positive. They are getting irritated in the testing process but they should cooperate with the government and the health department."
The man, who wore a red jacket, held aloft a red folder with "EHR" written on it. told the negotiator that he would put down his gun if police would take his documents and give them to the UN, Tucker said.
1232 KM: Corona Kaal Mein Ek Asambhav Safar' by author Vinod Kapri, published by Sarthak Prakashan (an imprint of Rajkamal Prakashan Samuh) was released at the India Habitat Centre.
