To prevent the escalation of COVID-19 transmission, China locked down one-third of its cities, which strictly curtailed personal mobility and economic activities. Using comprehensive daily air quality data in China, we evaluated the impacts of these meas
The COVID-19 pandemic and its related human activity shutdowns provide unique opportunities for biodiversity monitoring through what has been termed the "anthropause" or the "great human confinement experiment." The pandemic caused immense disruption to human activity in the northeastern United States ...
Various restrictions were imposed in the country, resulting in businesses being temporarily interrupted or even permanently shut down. This resulted in a marked decrease in the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020. One of the most impacted industries in Thailand was tourism. For months, Thailand ...
Partial shutdowns, checkpoints and quarantine zones were implemented in other Chinese cities. By mid-March, the number of new cases per day was contained within the single digits, and nationwide epidemic prevention and control measures had achieved considerable success. The lockdown in Wuhan was ...
This article reviews The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the events and tourism industry. The negative impact of COVID-19 on hotel performance worldwide was identified. Also, the effect of shutdown for a short period was compared worldwide. The lesson learned identifies the events and...
Thailand Expands Lockdown Areas as COVID-19 Cases Surge More Reuters Oxygen cylinders are seen at a store as demand for oxygen continues to grow amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 17, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa BANGKOK (Reuters) -The Thai go...
Malta enters month-long shutdown as schools, services close, amid virus spike. Times of Malta. 2021. https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/watch-prime-minister-announcing-new-covid-19-measures.857200. [Accessed 18 Mar 2021]. Cuschieri S. COVID-19: the transition towards a new normal—...
We could have focused on how are we going to shut down our services to cope with the pandemic and COVID. Instead, we focused on how are we going to shift our services, and how are we going to expand them. So, in, in a way I think that speaks to the resilience of the organizatio...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s COVID-19 infection rate has dropped sharply after a lockdown aimed at addressing a devastating January pandemic surge, but it is still recording the most daily deaths in the world by size of population, health experts said Tuesday. Portugal hit a...
Italian Prime Minister Conte said that the new measures are also being extended to the educational system, with all schools and universities to be shut down until April 3 rather than March 15 as said in the previous decrees.The new measures also included that "sporting events and competitions ...