in the far western city of urumqi. the deaths have been blamed by many on restrictive coronavirus curbs and sparked off the protests. a senior chinese health official has acknowledged that some people have been unhappy with the lockdowns and blamed local officals. translation: some residents. and general public say the major problem is the oversimplification of the prevention control measures and arbitrary imposition of restrictions and the one size fits all approach. some localities have arbitrarily expended the areas and the people to be put on lockdown and in some regions without approval randomly putting the entire locality on stack. at present, localities have established an ad hoc working committee to deal with the wrongful practice of arbitrary imposition of restrictions.
After the review meeting on Thursday, CM M K Stalin announced that there will be no night curfew from January 28. The government also decided that there would not be a complete lockdown on Sunday (January 30).
Tamil Nadu has eased Covid-19 restrictions as the pandemic situation improves. On Thursday (January 27), Tamil Nadu reported 28,515 fresh Covid cases and 53 deaths
this past week there s been a new record, on an almost daily basis. the main variant here is still delta but authorities are particularly concerned and the rapid spread of omicron. that was first detected here in denmark in late november and by friday it already made up one fifth of all new cases. by next week authorities think it maybe the dominant variant. there s still a lot of uncertainty about how omicron will play out. forecasts for the impact on hospitalisation really vary quite widely, but 80% of the population over the age of five here in denmark are double vaccinated, so there s a rush to roll out that third jab. there s also disappointment about the new restrictions in denmark. it s only three months ago that the country lifted the last of its coronavirus curbs. the government declared it was no longer a critical threat to society. people thought we were seeing light
In a bid to motivate people to get vaccinated, a German state has allowed all businesses to deny service to unvaccinated people.
The state of Hesse in Germany has allowed its supermarkets and other businesses to turn back customers who have not been vaccinated.