the situation has become so bad that doctors and nurses who have contracted the virus are being told to come back to work because of staff shortages. this has potentially made already crowded hospitals places where the virus is actually being spread. china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. long lines have been forming outside beijing s clinics after an explosion of infections triggered by an end to china s zero covid approach. hospitals have increased their fever ward capacity, expecting a huge influx of patients. people in this country have been used to going to hospital to treat any illness at all, but now they re putting massive pressure on the system. so doctors have taken to social media to try to explain that with mild cases of the virus, recovery at home is recommended a new concept for most here. going to hospital can also be potentially dangerous at the moment, according to one specialist, who says patients could be catching
of the toughest measures. in the last seven days, china has had its biggest wave of infections since the pandemic began three years ago. with the latest from beijing, here s stephen mcdonnell. long lines have been forming outside beijing s clinics after an explosion of infections triggered by an end to china s zero covid approach. hospitals have increased their fever ward capacity, expecting a huge influx of patients. people in this country have been used to going to hospital to treat any illness at all, but now they re putting massive pressure on the system. so doctors have taken to social media to try to explain that with mild cases of the virus, recovery at home is recommended a new concept for most here. going to hospital can also be potentially dangerous at the moment, according to one specialist, who says patients could be catching covid from doctors and nurses. from my conversations with friends
strategy turning millions into virtual prisoners across the nation. outside beijing, these residents forced to hand over their apartment keys so counity workers can lock tm in from the outside. for those who wrefuse, crews drill holes to chain the doors shut. in the north aen province, no need for a lock. workers installing steel bars to keep people from leaving the building. right now across china, at least 27 cities are under full or partial lockdown. cnn s calculation estimating that directly impacts up to 180 million people more than half the u.s. population. for over two years anyway, china s covid containment has become more extreme. fracturing everyday life. in shenzhen, a city not under lockdown, babies kept off the subway. the reason? they didn t have negative-covid test results.
will they do the necessary so called as in beijing in 1989, you recall the regime had to call forces from outside beijing because the beijing forces wouldn t fire on those people. so a question for a long time has been what will the cuban military do when the hour comes, when the revolt comes? manny, let me ask you, what should the biden administration do? what should congress do at this critical time in the history of cuba? well, the president has already done what i think needed to be done, and that is to declare absolute decisive and firm support for the cuban people. you know, make a plea to the government that they should not use repressive tactics. we will frown on any kind of attempt to silence the people. what i m hoping is that this
president donald trump highly critical of the trade imbalance has accused the europeans of unfair practices saying e.u. import tariffs in many sectors are higher than those imposed by the us. posted losses of four point five billion dollars last year this as the on demand taxi service has a real from scandal and legal troubles including shareholders ousting c.e.o. travis colonic last june optimistic after improved fourth quarter results new management says the company is still on track for an i.p.o. next year. this conspicuous structure is actually a mini market located in a commercial district outside beijing it s fully automatic there s no staff stores like this are being touted as markets of the future the idea is simple customers use an app to access the store locate products and pay for them.