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World+Biz

China locks down area around world's largest iPhone factory

Uganda locks down two districts over Ebola outbreak
Africa

Uganda locks down two districts over Ebola outbreak

Medical workers in protective suits collect swabs from residents at a residential compound in Nanshan district, following a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China September 3, 2022. REUTERS/David Kirton
China

Shenzhen districts locked down as China battles Covid outbreaks

China’s Zero policy and lockdowns sent the world’s second-biggest economy into a tailspin. Photographer: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images AsiaPac
Coronavirus chronicle

China Covid outbreak grows with millions under lockdown

Silhouette of mobile user is seen next to a screen projection of Apple logo in this picture illustration taken 28 March, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Tech

Apple to release new 'Lockdown Mode' as it battles spyware firms

Employees work on the production line during an organised media tour to a Schneider Electric factory in Beijing, China February 17, 2022. REUTERS
Global Economy

China's factory, service sectors shake off 3 months of lockdown pain

A woman, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks past sale signs on a display window of a Victoria's Secret store in Shanghai, China June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

Shanghai's fashion stores struggle to clear lockdown stock hangover

Storage tanks are seen at Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles Refinery, which processes domestic & imported crude oil into California Air Resources Board (CARB), gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products, in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Global Economy

Oil falls on demand worries over Shanghai's new partial lockdowns

A worker in a protective suit measures the body temperature of a woman during a vaccination session against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for elderly people, at a community health service centre in Fengxian district of Shanghai, China April 21, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Parts of Shanghai impose new Covid lockdown measures

Residents line up for nucleic acid tests during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

After two months, a scarred Shanghai's Covid-19 lockdown ends

A man rides a vehicle carrying a woman past a police car outside a residential compound, during a lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Shanghai, China April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Global Economy

Shanghai city to lift lockdown restrictions on 1 June

A man checks phone at Lujiazui financial district in Pudong, Shanghai, China March 14, 2019. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Shanghai inches towards Covid lockdown exit, Beijing plays defence

Beijing’s regulatory crackdown cost tech companies as much as $2 trillion of market value. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

How useful is big tech in a Covid lockdown, really?