Category: quarantine

16-Year-Old Daughter Dies in COVID-19 Quarantine in China

Reports of a 16-year-old girl dying in a COVID-19 quarantine center after her family’s pleas for help went ignored have been spreading on Chinese social media since Oct. 18 during CCP’s party congress and has sparked public outrage. The girl’s father is believed to have been silenced by authorities after he spoke publicly of her…


Family Pleads as 16-Year-Old Daughter Dies in COVID-19 Quarantine in China

Reports of a 16-year-old girl dying in a COVID-19 quarantine center after her family’s pleas for help went ignored have been spreading on Chinese social media since Oct. 18 during CCP’s party congress and has sparked public outrage. The girl’s father is believed to have been silenced by authorities after he spoke publicly of her…


Shanghai Spends Big Money Constructing Makeshift Quarantine Facilities, Tightens COVID-19 Curbs

Shanghai plans to invest over one billion yuan ( about $138 million ) to build a quarantine facility on an islet near the city center, according to a tendering document released on Oct. 13. The construction project, titled “Fuxing Island Preparatory Makeshift Hospital and Isolation Site of Close Contacts,” was awarded to state-owned builder China…


Health Canada Spent $52M on Private Contractors to Help Enforce Quarantines

Federal public health authorities awarded $52 million in sole-source contracts under emergency powers to private security companies to help enforce its COVID-19 quarantine orders, data provided by Procurement Canada reveals. The four private contractors selected by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) ended up making 590,000 compliance verification visits from Jan. 29, 2021 to…


The Quarantine of Healthy Populations

Commentary A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles alongside my friend and colleague, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. A month prior, we had also lectured together also at a conference in Rome (which, alas, was not recorded). Fortunately, the LA talks were—link below. When the COVID-19 pandemic…


Taiwan to End COVID Quarantine for Arrivals, Welcome Back Tourists

TAIPEI—Taiwan will end its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for arrivals from Oct. 13 and welcome tourists back, the government said on Thursday, completing a major step on its plan to re-open to the outside world. Taiwan had kept some of its entry and quarantine rules in place as large parts of the rest of Asia relaxed…


Sports Events Canceled and Cruise Lines Withdrew From Hong Kong

Recently, a number of major sports events in Hong Kong have been canceled and taken over by neighboring countries. The finger was pointed at Hong Kong’s strict immigration quarantine policy. Different members of the trade and medical experts have publicly urged the government to relax the policy and implement the “0+7” scheme as soon as…


China Quarantines College Students Under Strict COVID-19 Policy

BEIJING—Almost 500 students at China’s premier college for broadcast journalists have been sent to a quarantine center after a handful of COVID-19 cases were detected in their dormitory. The 488 students at Communication University of China, along with 19 teachers and five assistants, were transferred by bus beginning Friday night. Quarantining anyone considered to have…


Canadians Who Must Self-Isolate Due to Monkeypox Should Receive Federal Support: Tam

Canadians who contracted monkeypox and were required to self-isolate should receive federal aid, says Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam. “If we can [provide aid] in the COVID-19 context, I think we should think about it more broadly for infectious diseases, particularly ones that affect communities and when there’s a public health emergency…


80,000 Stranded on Vacation: China’s Top Tourist Destination on Lockdown; Gordon Chang on Taiwan

China’s latest draconian lockdown hits Hainan Province, stranding 80,000 people on vacation. In the vacation town of Sanya, tourists are paying thousands of dollars out-of-pocket for a “forced lockdown order.” Plus, I speak with Gordon Chang about the latest in the U.S.–China match over Taiwan. Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…