Content related to the coronavirus pandemic that began in 2019
With Didi and express courier (aka kuaidi) services to Shunyi suspended for several weeks due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the district, residents are getting used to life without them – and in many cases realizing how dependent they have become on them.
The district is concerned about the further spread of Covid-19 particularly within the kindergartens. All of Beijing’s kindergartens, regardless of public or private, must be closed.
A step by step guide to booking a Covid-19 test through WeChat, including translations.
Check back daily for the latest updates on school and education-related information in light of COVID-19.
This myth exists that people won’t work as much or as well if they aren’t sitting in an office and under supervision. It’s a hard mindset to talk yourself or your colleagues out of. Almost no matter where you are from in the world, we’re taught that work happens in an office, or a designated place.
What is a bug in bag, do you ask? It’s everything nonperishable you would need in the event a Covid-19 infection is found in your compound, neighbor, or anywhere else you’ve been, and you find yourself having to stay at home for three days minimum until everyone is tested.
This year’s CNY is going to be different from past years. There’s less travel and that could mean spending the holiday with ayi.
News on Dec 31 that China had approved a homegrown coronavirus vaccine manufactured by state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm for general public use promoted both excitement and lots of questions. Who is eligible for the vaccine? How do you get it? Are there any side effects?
In an effort not to cross-contaminate, children are cared for in isolation by hospital staff, and parents are not allowed inside their room, if into the hospital at all. This appears not to be a COVID-specific policy but one for any child who enters intensive care.
I worked from home for over a decade, the last seven years with kids, so I know quite a few hacks. But this blog will focus more on creating a space that will (mostly) work for everyone so you can begin thinking of your home as more of a co-working space during certain hours of the day.