Shanghai’s latest citywide lockdown has left residents anxious about being separated from their children, pets and struggling to find food.

In Nashville, health care facilities are expanding to serve some areas that were hit hardest by the pandemic.

Shanghai officials boast that their strategy to snuff out the spread of COVID-19 is preferable to a city-wide lockdown. For residents living through the current wave, the effects are jarring.

“The impact is going to be huge in Indian Country,” one leader said. “Because we’ve never had an investment in our infrastructure.”

Hospitals and doctors will no longer be reimbursed. The White House has asked Congress for $22.5 billion for its ongoing COVID efforts.

Consumer demand was strong for the holidays in late 2021, but then the omicron wave hit.

China’s zero-tolerance approach to the virus is affecting American as well as Chinese companies.

China’s financial capital is not under a full lockdown, but strict anti-COVID measures still weigh on residents.

But it’s not necessarily the pandemic that’s driving it. Three businesses on three continents share what they’re seeing.

The February national employment report, due Friday, is expected to show strong job growth and wage gains.