ICYMI: Australia’s Perth goes into five-day lockdown after hotel quarantine security guard tests positive for COVID-19 0 (0)

That puts an end to Western Australia’s 10-month coronavirus-free streak
This comes as the security guard working at the hotel – which serves as a quarantine facility for inbound travelers – tested positive for COVID-19 with fears it could be a UK or South African variant. Western Australia premier, Mark McGowan, said that:

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China January PMIs: Manufacturing 51.3 (vs. expected 51.5) & Non-manufacturing 52.4 (expected 55.0) 0 (0)

China’s China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) official survey PMIs 
The PMI index of manufacturing sentiment hit a 38-month high of 52.1 in November last year. Its been above 50, and in ‚expansion‘ for most of 2020 despite the pandemic impact. China’s policy of „internal circulation“ (in a nutshell business buying locl inouts rather than imported where

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