Residents in part of Futian District (south of Binhe Road, east of Qiaocheng Road East and west of Hongling Road South) that has not yet achieved “dynamic zero infection” will continue to work from home unless they are essential workers until March 27, the district’s COVID prevention and control headquarters said in a notice issued yesterday.
2022-03-21
Government agencies, public institutions and businesses in Yantian, Pingshan and Guangming districts, Dapeng New Area, and Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone will resume normal operations starting Friday, but COVID prevention and control measures should still be strictly followed in their lockdown, control and prevention areas, according to a notice issued by the city’s COVID prevention and control headquarters Thursday night.
2022-03-18
China on Tuesday updated its COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment playbook, including isolating mild cases rather than hospitalizing them, changing the criteria for patients to be discharged from hospitals and adding antigen testing for detection.
Some residents in Tangyan Village in Shangsha Community, Shatou Subdistrict in Futian District have been relocated for centralized quarantine and health monitoring for 14 days, according to a notice issued by the district’s COVID-19 prevention and control command office Thursday.
The city has provided comfortable lodging for its delivery workers, whose housing compounds were sealed off due to the latest round of lockdowns.
Shenzhen will play to its strengths in “internet+government services” and utilize several online platforms to make offline government services available to citizens online, when the city’s administrative service halls have suspended operation due to the recent COVID-19 flare-up, a municipal official said yesterday.
2022-03-17
Shenzhen Bay Laboratory joined hands with the Medical Institute of Tsinghua University to release research results on a new vaccine against Omicron at the preprint website BioRxiv on Tuesday.
Futian, Longhua, Longgang and Pingshan districts have imposed temporary traffic control measures, allowing only vehicles with special permits to run on roads.
For fear of COVID exposure, Caroline Quinn, a longtime resident in Shekou in Nanshan District and general manager of Sinodyne Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., who unfortunately developed shingles, found a way to improve her situation amid the city’s tightened measures in curbing the spread of the virus.
Patients with chronic diseases who seek medical treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic can apply for an extended prescription duration, and the doctor will renew the prescription for a longer period based on the patient’s condition, a municipal official said at a press conference yesterday.
2022-03-16
Due to the latest round of COVID lockdown, Shenzhen residents have been placed into seven days of “slow living” from Monday. Yet, Ning Qiong was quite busy Monday. She baked bread for neighbors and anti-pandemic workers, Shenzhen Evening News reported.
Shenzhen's supply of staple food items such as grain, oil, eggs and meat have remained sufficient at the moment, according to municipal authorities.
Shenzhen residents are advised to bring their physical or digital ID cards, residence cards or permanent residence permits when they go to take nucleic acid tests, according to a notice issued by the city government yesterday.
Employers should pay salaries in accordance with applicable regulations to employees who are COVID-19 patients, asymptomatic carriers of the COVID virus, suspected cases or close contacts when they need isolated treatment or medical observation, according to an official of the Shenzhen Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.
2022-03-15
Cheers, upbeat music and firecrackers were heard across Xiasha Community in Futian District on Tuesday night as excited residents celebrated their freedom as the COVID lockdown was lifted after 15 days.
Dr. Kymmberli Monique-Sparkles Stowe (who prefers to be called as Dr. Stowe Sparkles K.), an American sports teacher in Longhua District, has lived in Shenzhen for over six years.
The railway operator has doubled the capacity of transporting supplies to two trains a day since Wednesday, with a train carrying 1.88 million COVID-19 test kits to Hong Kong from Pinghu South National Transport Hub.
In its latest move to combat COVID-19, Shenzhen will conduct three rounds of nucleic acid tests across the city from today to Sunday, a notice issued by the city’s COVID-19 prevention and control headquarters said yesterday.
The city will suspend bus and Metro services from today to Sunday, according to a notice issued by the city’s COVID-19 prevention and control headquarters yesterday.
Shenzhen's market supplies of daily essentials, such as vegetables, eggs, rice, edible oil, wheat flour and poultry, are ample and prices are stable, Mo Xiling, deputy head of the city’s market supervision bureau, said at a press conference yesterday.
