national responses to the covid 19 pandemic
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That Didn’t Last Long: Shanghai Locks Down Millions for COVID, Again
Little more than a week after Shanghai, China crawled out of one of the most severe and taxing covid lockdowns anywhere in the world, the city is once again on notice for COVID spread while millions are being told to hole up and prepare for mass testing.
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Masks Work, Major Study Finds
An enormous randomised trial of communities in Bangladesh seems to provide the clearest evidence yet that regular mask-wearing can impede the spread of the covid-19 pandemic. The study found that villages where masks were highly promoted and became more popular experienced noticeably lower rates of covid-like symptoms and confirmed past infections than villages where mask-wearing…
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Texas Governor Bans Mask Mandates as U.S. Republicans Embrace Death and Disease
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an executive order Thursday night that bans local U.S. mask mandates used to fight the covid-19 pandemic, which has gotten worse in recent days thanks to the highly infectious delta variant of the virus. The executive order comes after Republicans in U.S. Congress staged a protest Thursday against mask mandates…