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.
There has been speculation that there would be another shutdown from this month owing to a rapid rise in the number of cases.
However, the reduction of "social jetlag" was not paralleled by an improvement in perceived sleep quality.
According to the association there are about 1,500 to 2,000 students studying in each school and the total strength is over 65,000.
The lockdown has helped us revive our forgotten hobbies and passions much to our delight. It may be reading comics or writing articles or drawing pictures or humming a song. This has not only refreshed our thoughts of yesteryear but brought about charm and warmth in our minds. Creativity of a person grows manifold when he or she is routinely involved in pursuing some hobby and this solitude has come in handy for us to reinvent this for the good.
Earlier on Friday, Rahul Gandhi attacked the Government over India becoming the fourth worst-hit country in terms of Coronavirus cases describing it as a 'horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence'.
