NYU student flees COVID lockdowns in Shanghai, only to be trapped in Hainan; Cluster outbreak leaves over 80,000 tourists stranded in China's Sanya city, and other C-Virus related stories

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NYU student flees COVID lockdowns in Shanghai, only to be trapped in Hainan:

Brian Hall fled Shanghai in June to avoid another lockdown of his residential compound, escaping to China’s tropical tourist island of Hainan where he could work remotely as a public health professor after undertaking 10 days of quarantine.

Hall, who has worked at the New York University Shanghai for the past two years, is now stuck in Sanya, Hainan’s main tourism hub, with no clarity on when he can get out.

“It has become impossible to leave the city. The hotel where I am staying is sealed and guests are not permitted to leave our rooms according to the city’s instructions,” Hall told Reuters via email.

Hainan province is one of the several Chinese regions that had seen relatively few cases for more than two years which are now battling outbreaks, raising the risk of persistent tight restrictions as the economy weakens. --->READ MORE HERE

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Cluster outbreak leaves over 80,000 tourists stranded in China's Sanya city:

The recent cluster outbreak of COVID-19 in southern China's city of Sanya has disrupted the holiday plans of thousands of people, as the city is ramping up its COVID-19 control measures.

The city in the southern province of Hainan reported 107 new infections since noon Thursday, according to CCTV.

South China's Hainan Province on Friday reported 262 new cases, with 229 confirmed cases in Sanya, according to the local health commission. A total of 646 new infections were reported from Monday to 12 pm Saturday, Global Times reported.

Sanya reported 129 positive cases as of 12 pm on Saturday. From Monday to 12 pm Saturday, the city reported 558 cases.

The "Hawaii of China" announced the activation of temporary static management starting from Saturday morning to contain the spread of COVID-19.

The province with a population of more than 10 million, has about 80,000 tourists are stranded, --->READ MORE HERE

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