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But in zero covid china, that means mass testing, snap lockdown. beijing has ordered all residents who ordered cold medicine to get tested. >> reporter: covid-19 is surging. they will be celebrating annual republic day in new delhi on wednesday. only 1/3 of the usual strength of spectators will be allowed at this parade. they must be fully vaccinated. unfortunately, children under the age of 15 will have to give the event a miss since theyve yet to receive a single dose of the covid-19 vaccine. ...

Threshold for olympic participants, making it easier to produce a negative test. so far more than 70 covid cases have been registered among personnel related to the olympics. all of them are nonathletes. meantime, take covid outbreak in a hong kong community has spread to more than 170 confirmed or preliminary positive cases. hundreds of people are under a snap lockdown after cases were reported over the weekend. were joined now live from hong kong and our david culver in beijing. welcome to you...

Beijing ill be part of this massive bubble which is being called a closed loop system. theres even special transportation to go between the venues and even who arrives at these games unvaccinated will have to quarantine for 21 days, and get this, ana. for the local staff and volunteers in china at the games, they have to quarantine for 21 days before exiting this closed loop system and going back to their families. beijing right now is on extremely high alert after detecting its first omicron ca...

His teammate martin morris joined him on the podium winning his third straight olympic bronze in this event for canada. rosemary, a big moment for china. 17-year-old su ended up taking the silver. the host nations second medal at these beijing games. he had that place rocking. well see if they can continue to pursue their medal count from the last olympic games which was 90. theyre off to a good start. >> so exciting, and coy wire, i know you love your job. what a great location there. and steve...

Southern Tasmania will be plunged into a three-day lockdown from 6pm on Friday night, the states Premier has announced.

New Zealand's city streets were largely deserted on Wednesday as the country returned to life in lockdown for the first time in six months in a bid to halt any spread of the infectious Delta variant of COVID-19.

There are plenty more of those top tips on our website. new zealands central bank has left interest rates unchanged at a record low of 0.25%, as policymakers quickly shifted gears after the country was put into a snap lockdown following the detection of new coronavirus cases. economists had expected rates to rise. lets go to nick marsh in singapore, who is following the story. tell us more. this is the power ofthe tell us more. this is the power of the delta — tell us more. this is the power o...

Clear how long the taliban will talk rate western countries being in control of the western airport but until then americas work continues on. lets look at coronavirus, and a country thats pursuing a zero covid approach — new zealand. on tuesday, prime ministerjacinda ardern announced a snap lockdown afterjust one positive case — the first in six months. that case was detected in auckland, which is now in lockdown for a week. these are pictures of deserted streets there. the rest of the coun...

We believe the family are fine, although clearly they have been through a pretty awful experience. if you want to get in touch about that story, indeed any of the stories we are covering to do, you can contact me on twitter. the headlines on bbc news... the taliban announce a "general amnesty" for government officials, urging them to return to work, following their takeover of the capital kabul. us presidentjoe biden defends his decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan, saying the mission wa...

Been a big hearted nation, youve got a home secretary and foreign secretary who know what that means from our own personal history. new zealand announces a snap lockdown after the country detected its first case of locally transmitted covid—19 since february. haiti suffers further. after the death toll in saturdays earthquake passes 1,400, a tropical storm makes landfall on the island. and bob dylan is being sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12 years old. he ...