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.
Overall, India’s Covid strategy should prioritize protective measures for the elderly with diabetic, heart and lung related ailments. On the other hand, it needs to prioritise ensuring employment and income opportunities for families of the 54 crore population who are at risk of loss of livelihoods. In spite of unlocking, we cannot expect the economy will recover fully; many will lose jobs permanently
The movement of trains and air services will continue but road transport will be shut down. Buses, however, will be made available to air and train passengers.
While every government must seek to strike a balance between the need for economic activity and a public health emergency, as indeed West Bengal has tried to do, there is no perfect method of actually achieving this, nor a model that can be uniformly applied because of differences in demography and socio-economic factors.
The new study found that women, older adults, and those with a higher annual household income were significantly more likely to meet the WHO's physical activity guidelines.
In these zones, during the lockdown, all private and government offices will remain shut and only essential services will be available. All the transport services will also remain suspended till further notice.
