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Fearing another Covid wave, China goes for strict lockdown in Ejin county

Image Source : AP The county lies in the Mongolia region in the country where the administration has asked thousands of citizens to stay home. (Representational image) Fearing another Covid wave, China has imposed lockdown-like restrictions in its Ejin county as the region has witnessed an increased number of cases of contagious disease. The county lies in the Mongolia region in the country…

Are We in the Middle of an Invisible COVID Wave?

Over the past month, the number of new COVID cases in my social circle has become impossible to ignore. I brushed off the first few—guests at a wedding I attended in early April—as outliers during the post-Omicron lull. But then came frantic texts from two former colleagues. The next week, a friend at the local café was complaining that she’d lost her sense of smell. My Instagram feed is now…