Includes universal vote by mail, more Polling Places and protections against Election Meddling among many other things. And in a rare move, Vice President harris presided over the senate vote. Just goes to show that it is important to democrats. The bill was cosponsored by every democratic senator except joe manchin who did vote yes to at least start debate on the bill. That gave the democrats a united front but little to show for their efforts on a key priority. This vote im ashamed to say is further evidence that Voter Suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. The republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights and it is an endefensible position for any senator. So what now . Cnn has learned that democrats have georgia on their minds, pushing new legislation and spotlighting gop efforts at the state level to make it harder to vote after the growth of mailin voting this 2020. Mean team
Significant relaxation, triggering some real excitement. a surge in inquiries about plane tickets for internal travel. why is this so important? look at some of the changes, for example, the government says that no longer will people need to be required to get negative pcr test to say go into public places like shopping malls, for example. previously, a lot of cities required people to line up and get tests every 48 hours just to do things like travel on public transport, or to go to public places. asymptomatic covid cases, people with mild symptoms and close contacts of covid cases are no longer going to be bundled off to government quarantine, where there have been reports of poor accommodation, poor food, poor sanitation systems. they can do home quarantine now. another big change is a lifting of restrictions on travel between regions and provinces.
Insomnia. they ve been trapped in their homes for more than a month. these rules are only getting more extreme. in some cases entire buildings are being forced out of their homes, sent to government quarantine because one person in their building tested positive for covid. in this one video from chinese social media you can see police in hazmat suits at the door of a resident. they are arguing with each other. the police say they need to be taken away to quarantine because one person on their floor tested positive. you can actually hear the police saying, quote, stop asking why. this is china. it s not like you can do whatever you want like in america, unquote. now, we ve reached out to the shanghai government for more details. we do not know what ultimately happened to these residents but we do know, jim, that in some cases, residents being sent away are being forced to hand over their apartment keys to health workers. those health workers are going into their apartments, disinfecting
It s a hot spring resort converted into a quarantine site. it s my first time here, but i ll have to enjoy the view from the window. i can t step out onto the balcony or open my door, except for health checkups and food pickup. two temperature checks a day. regular covid tests. sometimes even twice a day. food delivery isn t allowed, but breakfast, lunch, and dinner are part of the quarantine fees. these restrictions are all part of china s zero covid policy. across china, tens of millions are sealed inside their homes. since mid-december, china s average new daily case count has surged from double-digits to more than 20,000. any positive case and close contact has to go to government quarantine. entire metropolises brought to a standstill. most of shanghai s 25 million residents have been locked in for weeks. many struggling to get enough food and medical care. in year three of the pandemic,