As of 10 minutes ago, Wuhan’s lockdown has lifted, & people can leave for the first time in 2+ months.
But neighborhoods remain locked down, fear is widespread and normalcy is far away. A glimpse into the future for the rest of the world. W @zhonggg https://t.co/nGdIwi7mRa
— Vivian Wang (@vwang3) April 7, 2020
The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ended a two-month lockdown, but a northern town started restricting the movement of its residents amid concerns of a second wave of infections https://t.co/MU6dMVDaKB via @brendagoh_ @SunThomass pic.twitter.com/QJHFh9Cdef
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 8, 2020
As China reports no new deaths from coronavirus for the first time, BBC China correspondent Stephen McDonell looks at what the numbers mean ??https://t.co/Q0P9hpZTb1 https://t.co/vLXoY3lnFW
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 7, 2020
'Painful lesson': How a military-style lockdown unfolded in Wuhan to contain the coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/1XtozH26q8 by @catecadell @ywchen1 pic.twitter.com/TQbI9OOWYl
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 8, 2020
The modelers at @Imperial_JIDEA & @MRC_Outbreak are going to be issuing weekly projections of death estimates from #Covid19. First one, out today, lists the US as 1 of 5 countries that will record >5,000 deaths in the coming week. Shudder. https://t.co/q15lE7LZf1 pic.twitter.com/t4JMJjuXB6
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) April 7, 2020
Coronavirus threatens livelihoods of 1.25bn workers globally, says ILOhttps://t.co/NgaL9mbs5p
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 7, 2020
3 Tracks of Coronavirus
Track 1: China
Track 2: US/Europe
Track 3: Developing countriesHow I think about that here: pic.twitter.com/p7llObkBP4
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 7, 2020
Interesting #coronavirus snapshot in the Russian papers today. Everything from “St Petersburg may run out of hospitals” to “cases of illness among Russian soldiers, including pneumonia, are falling.” Plus: fears of an “an economic apocalypse” & mass unemployment. #ReadingRussia pic.twitter.com/KNOnwJd0Dj
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) April 8, 2020
Coronavirus exposes deep divides ahead of key EU meeting https://t.co/PCt59FvIKe
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 7, 2020
Italian village turned into human laboratory after coronavirus quarantinehttps://t.co/4xrYPeKoQ9 pic.twitter.com/bZ66sM7TKT
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 7, 2020
Impossible dilemma? World watches Italy as businesses plead to return to work https://t.co/bhLlPijIBY pic.twitter.com/swZHvUJLw8
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 8, 2020
UK records highest daily death toll from coronavirus at 854 https://t.co/pi2vxfzS7W
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) April 7, 2020
Coronavirus death toll in France reaches 10,000 https://t.co/sEmyqTW5tK pic.twitter.com/cFYGryQXRo
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 7, 2020
And it’s official: @sebastiankurz just announced Austria will be the first EU country to begin easing #covid19 lockdown and restart the economy
Small shops open with restrictions on April 14; by May 1, all shops open. https://t.co/Jrzw7q29Il
— Julia Belluz (@juliaoftoronto) April 6, 2020
Coronavirus: Africa will not be testing ground for vaccine, says WHO https://t.co/jQBIoMQBGU
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 6, 2020
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