, 18 million in three days, sending in thousands of workers and locking down communities guangzhou --ion in three days, sending in thousands of workers and locking down communities in goounz guangzhou and as you can imagine, this is effecting the port in particular this massive port handles one quarter of the goods from china that are shipped to the united states, that port is seeing a capacity reduction and because of that, as you can imagine it's having a knock on effect on the ports that are around yen chen because ships are rerooting and going to smaller ones -- and trucking costs are going up. shippers are complaining they are seeing rises that truckers are waiting outside the gate and said on top of all of the problems with the shippers because of the global log jam that waiting times will extend by another three weeks >> wow, thank you so much for giving us the run down there there's really a lot to get to we want to get more on the mention of the global supply chain and likely consumer impact joining us ceo of united national consumer suppliers, a company that helps manufactur

consulate in guangzhou, china.e and his wife began to suffer after hearing strange sounds in their apartment. >> lenzi: picture holding a marble. then, picture if you had, like, a sixfoot in diameter funnel, metal funnel. the sound that marble would make as it goes around, and it progressively gets faster as it gets, goes down towards the hole at the end. it's a sound like i've never heard before. >> pelley: was this subtle? like, "did i hear that?" >> lenzi: no. it was-- it was actually somewhat loud. i heard it about three or four times, always in the same spot. always over my son's crib, and always right before we would go to bed. >> pelley: lenzi wears prescribed glasses because sensitivity to light is among his persistent symptoms. >> lenzi: the symptoms were progressively getting worse with me. my headaches were getting worse. the most concerning symptom for me was memory loss, especially short-term memory loss. >> pelley: mark lenzi believes he was targeted because of his work. he uses top secret equipment t

some people lining up for miles to get vaccinated in guangzhou, capital of china's southeast guangdongd 150,000 residents are still under lockdown. with workers in hazmat suits delivering them food and disinfecting the streets. in three days health workers tested nearly the entire population of about 19 million. the epidemic in guangzhou is an unprecedented opponent and requires our resolve, said the deputy director of guangdong center for disease control. the delta variant of covid first emerged in india this spring. 3,500 people are still dying on average each day. the most of any country in the world. according to the "new york times." and the strain is now the most common in the united kingdom. but there is some good news today. chinese health officials are now saying that the surge is easing but they're warning that future flare-ups could follow. as for here in hong kong, no reports of the delta variant just yet, but that's because no tourists are allowed, only residents. case in point, myself. last month i had to do a three-week mandatory hotel quarantine. at the time it was the

the epidemic in guangzhou is an unprecedented opponent and requires our resolve, said the deputy director of guangdong center for disease control. the delta variant of covid first emerged in india this spring. 3,500 people are still dying on average each day. the most of any country in the world. according to the "new york times." and the strain is now the most common in the united kingdom. but there is some good news today. chinese health officials are now saying that the surge is easing but they're warning that future flare-ups could follow. as for here in hong kong, no reports of the delta variant just yet, but that's because no tourists are allowed, only residents. case in point, myself. last month i had to do a three-week mandatory hotel quarantine. at the time it was the longest in the world, and some still say it was the most brutal. >> rami i no. cencio in hong kong. those strict travel restrictions he just detailed could remain in place until next february. that's when beijing is scheduld to host the winter olympics. meanwhile, there are renewed calls to cancel this summer's olym

the problem is bad in guangzhou.hat is where we find our reporter with the latest there good morning or good evening, a arjun. >> reporter: authorities are moving swiftly and the reason is they are worried about the delta variation of the virus which is highly trans miss able it started with a 75-year-old woman eating at a restaurant the west of the city is where it co concentrated authorities have moved quickly as i said, with drastic measures they have locked down this district known as liwan. they were sending in driverless cars to supply the area. one of the things they have done is shutdown restaurants and moved to takeout only. another is mass testing. you can see medical staff and ppe. there were long lines of people waiting. there is another line of people back there they are waiting for the vaccines that is an interesting topic many people in china -- china is the victim of its own success. many people felt safe. i remember speaking to my barber a few weeks ago. he said it is safe i don't need a vaccine i'll

here's a great point here. china logistics firm in guangzhou confirms the cnbc it is air lifting. $3000.00 kilos are $6600.00 pounds because mining machines to maryland usa fung, hey, international advertises, products delivered door to door tax on both ends cleared price per kilo as low as 9 dollars and 37 cents and they have some photos of this $6600.00 pounds of mining equipment arriving in maryland. and of course a lot of people have the china foot as it's called, the china is too much influential and big. well, now that's over. that's 5 over the energy uses. 5 is over the adoption by el salvador, bitcoin as legal tenor that killed the energy 5 because they just plug into free geothermal energy from the volcano. thank you very much. and you mentioned texas. i mean, texas has got a lot of cheap energy. we're going to be in texas by the way, july 8th, doing a live event in austin, texas. you can find out about it online, just follow max or stacy. going to be doing a whole live show in austin, texas on july 8th, will be there at a place called the spider house in austin, texas. you can fi

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reporter: well, interestingly enough, there have been some logistics companies in the port city of guangzhou they said they moved and confirmed 3,000 kilograms of bitcoin mining gear 6,600 pounds heading to the northeastern part of the united states they would not tell us which companies or areas in specific >> three tons of bitcoin mining equipment going to the northeast? wow. >> reporter: they were excited saying they made about $28,000 on this transaction. a lot of money that is part of this >> interesting northeast is not what i was expecting you to say eunice yoon, thanks. >>> still on deck, a big weekend for the cruise industry. a key test for hitting the high seas in the age of covid taking place. stay with us >> announcer: today's big number $18 billion. that's how much auto insurance companies issued to customers in premium relief last year ago to jd power that represents 7% of total industry premiums. you need a financial plan that can help grow and protect your money. an annuity can help cover essential expenses in retirement, so you can live the life you want. this is what an ann

have seen since the huwan outbreak and what they have been doing is testing 18 million people in guangzhou in three days they have been sending in thousands of medical workers and now imposing travel restrictions on nearby cities those types of protocols are now having a very negative effect, as you could imagine on the operations of that huge port that i mentioned it handles a lot of goods that ship to the united states. most people should be expecting that we'll see three week delays just because of this covid outbreak as you know, the shipping industry has been already facing a log jam in their industry. >> this delta covid variant is the indian one that's been out there sort of infecting people and breaking through some of the vaccin vaccinations here in the u.s., maybe not to the same degree, maybe not yet i do wonder if what you're referring to in term offense a blue print for what could happen again as that potentially spreads. i know a bit in the uk, already and back here in the u.s. especially in those parts of the country that aren't that vaccinated >> reporter: yeah. i'm in beij

consulate in guangzhou, china. >> there is no shadow of a doubt in my mind that this was a directed attacknse pressureon both of my temples. and i remember looking around for where this sound was coming

looking to get jabs ever since it emerged that the variant that's spreading, the trading hub from guangzhoucontact and much further apart than with the original virus that came from wuhan also some of the cases are asymptomatic that maengs the detection of this variant in the country will be much more difficult despite the fact that several cities have put up a thermal scanering in order to try to detect any virus spread now perhaps most worrisome is that authorities say that patients, some of them have already been vaccinated by the chinese vaccine which suggests that the home grown vaccine might not be as effective against this new variant authorities here have been quick to point out that none of the illnesses have turned deadly now the officials here are moving very aggressively in the south of the country to try to clamp downtown virus they are aggressive since the original outbreak in wuhan they are testing 18 million people in three days imposing travel restrictions in other cities and are lock down residential communities as well as sending in thousands of medical workers. so all of

some people lining up for miles to get vaccinated in guangzhou. hundreds of thousands are in lockdown with workers in hazmat streets delivering of them food. they tested the population of 19 million. the epidemic in gaunnzhou. the delta variant first emerged in india this spring. 3,500 people are still dying on average each day, the most of any country in the world according to "the new york times." and the strain is now the most common in the united kingdom. but there is some good news today. chinese health officials are saying the surge is easing but warning future flareups could follow. from here in hong kong, no variants of the delta variant because no tourists are allowed, only residents. case in point, myself. last month i had to do a three-week mandatory hotel quarantine. at the time it was longest in the world and some still say it was the most brutal. >> thank you. >>> we have breaking news this morning. a new coronavirus vaccine is getting high marks in clinical trials. novavax says its two-dose vaccine is 90% effective and safe after be