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Corona's new outbreak has led to lockdowns in some areas of Beijing

14 June 2020, 13:25 BDT

Some areas in the Chinese capital, Beijing, have been locked down for fear of a new outbreak of the coronavirus. The move comes on the heels of reports of six people being infected with the coronavirus.

A local outbreak is feared in Beijing, the news agency AFP reported.

A press briefing on Thursday quoted city officials in Beijing as saying that people in 11 residential areas in Beijing's Fengtai district had been told not to leave their homes. Most of those newly infected with corona have links to a local meat market with illness.

Officials say this is the first case of Kovid-19 in Beijing in the past two months. Many of the infected people visited the local Sinfadi meat market last week. No one from outside has come or gone inside Beijing.

China's internal outbreak was largely brought under control through a severe widespread lockdown after the first disease was detected in Wuhan last year. That drastic lockdown has been greatly eased as the rate of infection has decreased.

Most of the infected patients that have been identified in recent times are immigrants. Of the six newly infected, three were workers at the Sinfadi meat market, one was a market traveler and the other two were workers at the China Meat Research Center, seven kilometers away. An employee also went to the market last week. Authorities closed the market. In addition, the seafood market that an infected person went to nearby has also been shut down.

Hundreds of police officers and paramilitary troops have been deployed in the two markets. Nearby schools and kindergartens have been closed. The chairman of Sinfadi Market told Beijing News that the virus had spread fears about Beijing's food supply system after it was found on an imported salmon chopping board.

The Beijing Market Surveillance Authority is launching monitoring of fresh and frozen meat, poultry and fish markets, warehouses and cutting services to investigate food security issues across the city. Overnight the big supermarket chains have removed their salmon from the capital. Many restaurants have stopped serving salmon. Authorities have announced a quick test of all those who have come in contact with the victims in the Sinfadi market. In addition, market workers are being tested.

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Kurona women in Corona are being deprived of that

13 June 2020, 20:25 BDT

Warda is a woman from Kuwait. Warda's family has allowed 37-year-old to go to only two places. His workplace and beauty salon. The salon is now closed due to corona infection. But it was here that Warda got the opportunity to interact with others in the society. The salon was closed three months ago to prevent coronary infection. For Wardar, a window to the outside world seems to be closed. He has been depressed and frustrated ever since.

Warda told AFP: 'He remembers the time he talked there. I come from a conservative family. Don't go out too much. I would go to the salon to enjoy the time. Can't imagine how much fun we had there. ' When the salon will open, Warda is waiting for him. "I can't imagine my life without a salon," he said.

Women are serving in various top levels of government in Kuwait. However, there are strict restrictions on some old-fashioned families. Women of such families cannot go to any shopping mall, coffee shop, or even for exercise alone. However, women are allowed to go to salons run for beauty treatments. Women can go to these salons for regular work. Things like men's hangouts, coffee drinks are known as 'diwania' in Kuwait. Women's salons are considered as an alternative.

In Kuwait, it is difficult to find a building that does not have one or two salons in shopping areas. Adiba Al Wadi operates two AIIMS salons in the Al Fintas area south of Kuwait City. He said salons have become a part of life.

In the oil-rich country of Kuwait, the average annual income is more than হাজার 60,000. Most of the citizens here are accustomed to living a luxurious life. For this reason, most Kuwaiti women are accustomed to going to beauty salons.

A woman from the United Arab Emirates told AFP that several Kuwaiti women visit salons at least twice or thrice a week. There they talk to others. Drink coffee.

Kuwaiti women will have to wait until next September to open such salons.

According to AFP, there are more than 34,000 unidentified people in Kuwait. 279 people have died in the country.

Corona has caused many businesses in Kuwait to collapse. Staff have also been laid off in the salons.

Adiba Al Wadi, director of the salon, said: But we did not get permission. Adiba doesn't expect the salons to be social gatherings again after being closed for a long time. Because, as a precaution, there will be restrictions on social gatherings in salons. Wadi said he thinks Kuwaiti women will go to the salon to get the services they need in the future. Salons can no longer be the center of their social interactions.