Chinese city locked down and reportedly sealed off after Omicron breakout
The Chinese city of Baise in #Guangxi (population 3.57 million) has been locked down because of a #Covid outbreak, reports the BBC’s China correspondent Stephen McDonell. He says that it has reportedly been sealed off with people not allowed to enter or leave.Back to the office tomorrow for workers in India
The Times of India is reporting that the central government offices is calling all workers back to the office from tomorrow, following a decline in coronavirus cases.
Minister of state for personnel and PMO Jitendra Singh said:
A review of the pandemic situation was done on Sunday and it has been decided that full office attendance, without any exemption, shall resume with effect from February 7, 2022.
Another 54,095 Covid cases have been confirmed in the UK, the lowest figure since December, but the statistic does not include cases in Scotland.
The last time daily infection numbers were this low was on 14 December, however Scotland does not report its daily positive test numbers until Monday.
It comes as a further 75 deaths were registered on Sunday. The death toll stands at 158,318 with more than 17.8 million people now having tested positive for the virus.
Italy has reported a fall in Covid cases on Sunday, with 77,029 new infections compared to 93,157 on Saturday.
It took the number of people to have tested positive during the pandemic in the country to more than 11.6 million.
Data from the health ministry, reported by Reuters, showed a decline in daily deaths, from 375 on Saturday to 229 on Sunday.
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