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Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state government ordered more than 1 million people in Sydney to observe a Chinese coronavirus lockdown beginning on Friday and expected to last until at least July 2.

The government of Pakistan’s Punjab province announced this month it will cut off the cellphone service of anyone who chooses not to receive a Chinese coronavirus vaccination.

Iran’s health minister claimed on Monday that Iran “will be able to export” its domestically produced Chinese coronavirus vaccine candidate “COVIran Barekat” to foreign states “by early winter,” Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday threatened to imprison people who refuse to receive a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, the Philippine Star reported.

Municipal workers in the Japanese city of Aizuwakamatsu hoisted a 77-pound mask onto the face of a giant Buddhist goddess statue on Tuesday as part of a prayer by the local Buddhist temple asking for an end to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported on Thursday.

Thai health officials on Wednesday urged people in Thailand to abstain from sexual intercourse, claiming this would help reduce transmission of the Chinese coronavirus, local news outlet Coconuts Bangkok reported on Thursday.

A package of crocodile meat from Thailand sold in a Hong Kong supermarket tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus recently, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) reported Wednesday.

South Korea’s government on Monday raised the maximum capacity of “K-Pop” and other musical concerts from fewer than 100 to 4,000 as part of a nationwide effort to ease Chinese coronavirus restrictions.

Big Tech and news media companies toe the line of the Chinese Communist Party to protect access to China’s market of 1.4 billion subjects, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Breitbart News on Tuesday.

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics confirmed on Monday plans to distribute at least 150,000 condoms to athletes at next month’s Summer Games but insisted that the contraceptives are not intended “for use at the athlete’s village.”

Police in rural central India forced local residents who were not vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus to wear placards bearing a skull and crossbones — a universal symbol of danger — this week, Reuters reported Thursday.

People age 60 and over account for 30 percent of Chinese coronavirus infections in southern China’s Guangdong province currently, China’s state-run Global Times reported on Friday.

Russia is not “facing a new spike” of its Chinese coronavirus caseload, a Russian state health authority insisted on Wednesday, the same day that Russia recorded its highest daily rate of new coronavirus cases since March 7.

The Biden Department of Education outlined Wednesday how it will spend the “American Rescue Plan’s historic funding for schools” in order to advance “equity” as a central focus of education in the nation’s public schools.

Brazil’s government approved the Russian-made Chinese coronavirus vaccine candidate Sputnik V “for import and emergency use in several states,” the Moscow Times reported on Monday.

The United States government plans to donate 750,000 doses of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine to Taiwan, a delegation of U.S. senators visiting Taipei announced on Sunday.

Officials in Guangdong, southern China banned all travel out of the southern province and its capital, Guangzhou, indefinitely starting June 7 to contain a local Chinese coronavirus outbreak.

Indonesia’s government on Thursday announced that it has canceled plans for its citizens to participate in the Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the second year in a row, citing concerns over the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

Police in northeastern India arrested 24 people this week for “brutally” assaulting a doctor inside a hospital after a Chinese coronavirus patient died under the physician’s care, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Friday.

Bahrain health officials are encouraging a “booster” shot of Pfizer’s Chinese coronavirus vaccine for people who have already received a full dosage of the Chinese-made Sinopharm alternative, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Thursday.

The Hong Kong Football Club issued a memo to its staff on Tuesday warning that it will bar any employees who “refuse” to receive a Chinese coronavirus vaccine from eligibility for salary increases, bonuses, and promotions.

Police in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state arrested two people this week in connection with a viral video showing two people — one wearing full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) — attempting to throw a corpse into the Rapti River in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district, India’s Zee News reported on Monday.

A Virginia school board put a teacher on leave after he cited science and Christianity when opposing a draft policy that requires teachers to agree with childrens’ claim that they are members of the opposite sex.

Mutant strains of the Chinese coronavirus allegedly imported from India are responsible for a recent surge in new cases of the disease in China’s southern city of Guangzhou and neighboring cities, local government authorities claimed on Sunday.

Hindu priests in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state have erected a temple dedicated to “Corona Devi (Goddess),” a Hindu goddess created so that Hindus may pray to the Chinese coronavirus and ask it for forgiveness amid India’s punishing new wave of infections and deaths from the disease in recent weeks.

Laura Ingraham lauded Alex Marlow’s Breaking the News as a “fabulous” book exposing China’s influence over American news media outlets.

Taiwan’s government announced plans on Tuesday to update its Chinese coronavirus vaccination guidelines to allow people to receive a second dose of a different brand or type of vaccine if they experience a severe allergic reaction to the first dose.

The Philippine federal government ordered local clinics not to disclose which brand of Chinese coronavirus vaccine a person will receive until he or she arrives for a vaccine appointment, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Tuesday.

Argentina’s government imposed a nearly nationwide lockdown on Saturday to curb the country’s Chinese coronavirus caseload, which has spiked in recent days despite Argentina’s efforts to vaccinate its citizens against the virus using the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine candidate.

Jammu and Kashmir, India, declared an epidemic of the fungal infection mucormycosis, also known as “black fungus,” on Monday after the disease was found to be closely linked to a recent surge in Chinese coronavirus cases in the area.

A town in northern Thailand announced Thursday it will offer its residents the chance to win a live calf each week over the next six months if they receive a Chinese coronavirus vaccination.

Malawi’s government on Wednesday burned 19,610 expired doses of the Chinese coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.

Saudi Arabia’s government will require people to prove that they have received a Chinese coronavirus vaccination before they are allowed to enter “any governmental, private, or educational establishments” or use public transportation starting August 1, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Tuesday.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen urged people in Taiwan not to hoard food and masks on Saturday after a recent Chinese coronavirus lockdown order in Taipei and its surrounding area caused residents to panic buy basic household supplies. Taiwan’s government raised

Ontario, Canada’s government on Thursday extended a Chinese coronavirus stay-at-home order through June 2 that includes a ban on outdoor recreational activity.

U.S. Vice President Harris promised to send coronavirus vaccines to Mexico during a border security meeting with nation’s president.