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As widespread protests break out across China, we take a closer look at the impact of the zero-Covid policy on workers, businesses and the economy, by speaking to Professor Chang-Tai Hsieh of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. "There is no question that this has been an unmitigated economic disaster. The growth is down to levels that we haven't seen in decades," he told us.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked emergency powers to try to quell the protests by truck drivers and others over COVID-19 restrictions.View on euronews
The protests at the Ambassador Bridge in Ottawa and elsewhere have been aimed at vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions.View on euronews
Thousands of protesters against vaccine mandates and other restrictions have descended on Canada's capital in what the police chief has likened to a 'siege'.View on euronews
In the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe, shops are closed, vehicles have been set on fire and roads are covered in debris. It comes a week after the start of the protest movement over compulsory vaccination for health care workers. IMAGES