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

  
  Analysis

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:

“Beginning at 6:00pm tonight the whole Perth metropolitan area, the Peel region and the South West region will be going into full lockdown. This lockdown will last until 6:00pm on Friday.

When the man was working at this hotel there were four active cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine. Of those four cases we have at least three confirmed variant strains, two UK and one South African. We are told the guard was working on the same floor as a positive UK variant case.”

Masks are also to be made mandatory with the only exceptions to stay-at-home requirement being for the reasons/activities below:

WA

Germany bans travel entry from UK, Brazil, South Africa, Portugal, Ireland over coronavirus variants

  
Analysis, COVID-19
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The travel ban will stay in effect until 17 February at least

Germany
ICYMI, the restriction has gone into effect yesterday and covers land, air, and sea travel into the country, according to local media citing the German interior ministry.
The exceptions to the restriction is only for Germans living in those countries, those who have residency in Germany, and passengers in transit or the movement of goods.
Even the UK government travel advisory has been updated as such:

“The German government has restricted air and sea travel to Germany at its external Schengen borders. Travellers from the UK are currently only permitted to enter Germany if they are returning to their place of residence, if they serve in an important role or if they have an urgent need, such as urgent medical treatment.”

Generally speaking, if more countries in the EU adopt similar restrictions, it isn’t quite a good look on how virus developments are playing out in Q1. And that also adds another negative point to the list for risk sentiment.

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

  
Analysis, Economy

China’s China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) official survey PMIs

Manufacturing 51.3

  • expected 51.5, prior 51.9

Non-manufacturing 52.4

  • expected 55.0, prior 55.7

Composite 52.8

  • prior 55.1
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 possible) has been an underpinning. Export industries have been a contributor also but on this front the rising cost of shipping and an appreciating yuan are becoming stiffer headwinds.

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The private-survey,unofficial, Caixin/Markit PMIs for January are due on the new week:
  • manufacturing on 1 February at 0145 GMT
  • Service & Composite on the 3rd at the same time.
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