“We are setting up [patrols] in 21 locations where typically there are crowds,” Istiono, the head of Indonesia’s national traffic police, who goes by only one name, told reporters on Friday night. The move comes soon after President Joko Widodo declared a new lockdown earlier on Friday, set to last …
Read More »UK govt promise of ‘no going back’ after lifting lockdown is reckless, leaves Britain ‘hostage to fortune’ – WHO Covid envoy to RT
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this week that the government would stick to its “cautious but irreversible” strategy to have the UK return to pre-Covid life on July 19, given the continued success of the vaccination campaign. The new health secretary, Sajid Javid, struck a similar tone, promising to …
Read More »A winter lockdown for flu? That’s incredible mission creep from Boris Johnson & Matt Hancock
It’s mid-summer, but instead of getting us dreaming of happier days ahead, the UK government is already warning us of the ‘horrors’ that may await in the autumn/winter months. “We do expect this winter to be challenging,” said Health Secretary Matt Hancock. But he wasn’t referring to yet another ’wave’ of …
Read More »HUGE anti-lockdown protest hits London, as city braces for weekend of demonstrations (VIDEO)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent decision to push back the UK’s reopening until later next month was an unpopular one, and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of London on Saturday to show their discontent. Starting out from Hyde Park, throngs of people marched through the centre of the …
Read More »Sydney enters hard 2-week Covid lockdown after authorities report 80 cases of Delta variant
The restrictions, which are going into effect on Saturday, mean that people can only leave home for essential work, medical care, education, or shopping. Authorities have argued that the measures are needed in order to stop the spread of the infectious Delta variant. Sydney has already recorded 80 cases linked …
Read More »Belgium’s anti-lockdown ‘Rambo’ found DEAD in the woods where he was hiding
A massive manhunt involving the Belgian army and police and the militaries of neighboring Germany and the Netherlands was launched after the disappearance of veteran sniper Jurgen Conings on May 17. The 46-year-old soldier, with combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, snatched several anti-tank missiles, a submachine gun, a handgun …
Read More »UK PM ‘confident’ restrictions will ease on July 19 after extending lockdown measures for a month
Johnson announced on Friday that current data trajectories point towards the reopening of UK society on the new July date. “I am very confident that we’ll be able to go through with step four of the roadmap on the timetable that I’ve set out with treating July 19, as I’ve …
Read More »Moscow mayor warns of possible ‘limited but HARSH’ lockdown, citing worsening Covid-19 situation
“We are very close to much more severe – temporary, but severe – decisions on restrictions,” Sergey Sobyanin said on Thursday. He noted that 600 Covid-19 patients have been hospitalized over the past 48 hours, and that Moscow has about 17,000 beds dedicated to coronavirus patients to date. Soon that number …
Read More »Anti-lockdown movement is breeding ground for far-right extremism, says German intelligence agency
Speaking on Tuesday, Angela Pley, a spokeswoman for the BfV domestic security agency, said it was carefully watching members of the ‘Querdenker’, or ‘Lateral Thinkers’ movement, which has been involved in the organization of increasingly violent protests against Covid-19 lockdowns. The group’s members include conspiracy theorists as well as many …
Read More »Australia’s Victoria state pushes ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown into 2nd week after 15 new Covid cases in last 2 days
After imposing a “circuit breaker” lockdown last week that was meant to expire on June 3, Victoria health officials extended the containment policies for another week on Wednesday, the state’s acting premier, James Merlino, announced during a press conference. “If we let this thing run its course, it will explode,” …
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