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One in four fourth-graders in Germany cannot read properly post lockdown, international research has shown.

More than one in four Anglican churches are no longer holding regular Sunday services, a report on Tuesday has revealed.

Obesity rates in the U.S. military surged during the coronavirus pandemic and its associated lockdowns, data released Sunday details.

Children are to suffer badly as a result of Germany’s lockdown policy, with a report on Tuesday describing them as the “biggest losers” in the country post-COVID.

The British government aimed to “frighten” the general public into obeying the lockdown regime during the COVID pandemic, leaked messages have revealed.

A plurality of the British public believe the government was “not strict enough” in its lockdown agenda during the Chinese coronavirus crisis.

Disgraced former Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s team reportedly sought to lock up Brexit leader Nigel Farage in 2020 for supposedly breaching Chinese coronavirus lockdown rules by having a pint in a pub.

A Conservative (Tory) MP retiring from the House of Commons after almost 20 years says the party has lost its way and behaved in “vile” manner during the Wuhan virus pandemic.

Just under three in four children have been left struggling psychologically as a result of lockdown restriction, a German government report has claimed.

The UK’s domestic security service, MI5, has been found to have illegally retained private data of citizens for nearly half a decade.

Closing schools and daycare facilities for extended periods over COVID-19 was likely a mistake, a lockdown-loving health minister has admitted.

UK coronavirus lockdown critics were placed under government surveillance using the opaque resources of the country’s military, a report alleges.

Multiple news reports citing sources inside North Korea reported on Wednesday that the repressive communist government implemented a coronavirus lockdown in Pyongyang, the nation’s capital, beginning that day.

Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand’s next prime minister after he was the only candidate to enter the contest to replace Jacinda Ardern.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who became infamous for her lockdown policies, said that she will resign on February 7th.

Alberta’s conservative Premier, Danielle Smith, has backtracked on prior promises to provide amnesty for those fined under the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, leading to anger among some.

Medical officials within Germany are calling for blanket COVID restrictions to be implemented across the EU on arrivals from China.

The head of the UK’s vaccination regime has claimed that travel bans do not do much to stop the spread of COVID.

A top Chinese diplomat in Britain who was involved in a recent violent attack on pro-democracy activists in Manchester has come under fire again after he reportedly made veiled threats against Chinese students critical of Xi Jinping’s draconian ‘Zero-Covid’ agenda.

Britain’s socialised National Health Service – lionised as “Our NHS” by the left-liberal establishment – cancelled more cancer surgeries during lockdown than any European country bar Romania. 

Government parties within Germany are now telling the public to follow mask-wearing rules first implemented during COVID in order to slow the spread of cold and flu.

Up to one in four teenagers who lived through Britain’s on-and-off lockdowns now have mental disorders, data released by the NHS has revealed.

President Joe Biden and others in his administration allegedly pressured Justin Trudeau to shut down the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests.

Taiwan-based Foxconn spent the past month offering bonuses to employees willing to work at its massive factory in Zhengzhou, China, during a hellish coronavirus lockdown, but on Friday it offered $1400 bonuses to new recruits if they would agree to quit and go home.

COVID lockdown rules employed in one German state that banned people from leaving their homes for reasons other than exercise, work, food or a medical appointment were illegal, a court in the country has ruled.

Workers at the massive Foxconn plant in China’s city of Zhengzhou, the largest facility in the world for assembling Apple iPhones, spilled out into the streets on Wednesday, clashing with hazmat-suited police and tearing down barricades. 

The Centre for Social Justice said there has been an “alarming rise” in youngsters being home schooled following the coronavirus lockdowns.

The Chinese Communist regime on Wednesday issued a call for retired soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to report for work at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, the world’s largest facility for assembling Apple iPhones.

The use of gay dating app Grindr in the halls of the German parliament constitutes “work”, a Green party MP has argued.

Beijing health officials on Monday denied the Chinese capital has been placed under a coronavirus lockdown but nevertheless ordered residents “not to go out unless necessary, including not go to crowded places, and not go out to meals and parties,” which will doubtless leave many of them feeling locked down in all but name.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Novak Djokovic is set to be granted a visa to play in next year’s Australian Open despite his high-profile deportation in January.

Chinese health officials insisted over the weekend that 20 new rules released by the National Health Commission (NHC) were intended to “optimize” the strict regime of coronavirus lockdowns, not “loosen” the authoritarian government’s “zero-Covid” approach.

Chinese flight cancellations, already vexing travelers in a few coronavirus hot spots like the city of Guangzhou, expanded greatly throughout the week. On Wednesday, the state-run Global Times said some airports are seeing 98 percent flight cancellation rates, while massive Guangzhou was up to 89 percent canceled.

A 72-year-old man has been sentenced to six months in prison by a UK court after being found guilty of violating Chinese coronavirus lockdown rules by selling mince pies at a shooting club and attempting  to destroy evidence afterwards. Maurice

Foxconn, the Taiwanese-owned company whose plant in Zhengzhou, China, is the world’s largest assembler of Apple iPhones, is frantically attempting to replace thousands of workers who climbed over fences and embarked upon 30-mile hikes to escape from a coronavirus lockdown.

The number of children requiring speech and language therapy across Britain has spiked after lockdown, research by the BBC has found.