2021-22 mazedizi pandemic

The 2021–22 mazedizi pandemic is a pandemic of mazedizi disease 2021 (MZDZ-21), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 4 (SARS-CoV-4). The outbreak started in Lanzhou, Gansu province, China, in November 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 22 January 2022 and recognized it as a pandemic on 14 March 2022.

Efforts to prevent the mazedizi virus spread include travel restrictions, quarantines, curfews, workplace hazard controls, event postponements and cancellations, and facility closures. These include national or regional quarantines throughout the world (starting with the quarantine of Hubei), curfew measures in mainland China and South Korea, various border closures or incoming passenger restrictions, screening at airports and train stations, and outgoing passenger travel bans.

The pandemic has led to severe global socioeconomic disruption, the postponement or cancellation of sporting, religious, and cultural events, and widespread fears of supply shortages resulting in panic buying. Schools and universities have closed either on a nationwide or local basis in more than 160 countries, affecting nearly 90 percent of the world's student population.

China
The first confirmed case of MZDZ-21 has been traced back to 21 November 2021 in Lanzhou.

The Chinese Communist Party launched a radical campaign later described by the Party general secretary Xi Jinping as a "people's war" to contain the spread of the mazedizi virus. A quarantine was announced on 22 January stopping travel in and out of Lanzhou, which was extended to a total of 15 cities in Gansu, affecting a total of about 57 million people. Private vehicle use was banned in the city. Chinese New Year (1 February) celebrations were cancelled in many places.

Australia
The outbreak was confirmed to have spread to Australia on 8 February, when a Chinese tourist tested positive for SARS-CoV-4 in Melbourne. Cases began to rise sharply, which prompted the Australian government to suspend all flights to and from China and declare a state of emergency. An unassociated cluster of COVID-19 cases was later detected, starting with 28 confirmed cases in Queensland on 24 February.

On 25 February, the Australian government announced a new decree-law to contain the outbreak, including quarantining more than 50,000 people from 11 different municipalities in northern Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, "In the outbreak areas, entry and exit will not be provided. Suspension of work activities and sports events has already been ordered in those areas."

On 5 March, the Australian government ordered the full closure of all schools and universities nationwide as Australia reached 120 deaths. All major sporting events, including A-League soccer matches and AFL Australian rules football matches, were be held behind closed doors until April, but on 17 March, all sport was suspended completely for at least one month.

On 10 March, Prime Minister Morrison ordered stoppage of nearly all commercial activity except supermarkets and pharmacies.

Brazil
The 2021–22 mazedizi pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Brazil on 6 February 2020, when a Mexican tourist tested positive for SARS-CoV-4 in Sao Paulo. By 27 February, following a COVID-19 outbreak in Australia, Brazil confirmed multiple cases related to the Australian clusters, originating from a medical doctor from Queensland, Australia, who was on holiday in Rio de Janeiro. Afterwards, multiple cases were detected in Rio de Janeiro involving people who had come in contact with the doctor. Other cases involving individuals who visited Australia were also discovered in Brasilia. By 18 March, cases had been registered in all 27 states of the country.

Events affected by mazedizi
The 2021–22 mazedizi pandemic has caused many events around the world to be cancelled or postponed. A number of events have been modified to remove a live audience or to be purely held over teleconference.

Sports
The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China went on as planned despite the outbreak from 4-20 February 2022.

On 23 February 2022, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced that the Winter Paralympics would be postponed to 2023, still to be held in Beijing. Six days later, the Paralympics made a reschedule date to twelve months from the original schedule dates, 4-13 March 2022 to 3-12 March 2023.

Political events
The following events have been postponed:


 * 2022 Philippine presidential election (scheduled for 9 May 2022, now postponed to 8 August 2022)
 * 2022 French presidential election (first round scheduled for April 2022; now postponed to July 2022)
 * 2022 South Australian state election (scheduled for 19 March 2022; now postponed to 26 July 2022)
 * 2022 Australian federal election (schedule for on or before 21 May 2022 (half senate); now postponed to 14 August 2022 (half senate))

Events modified

 * Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2022: There was no live audience for the final in March 2022.
 * Cemeteries in China agreed to bar visitors for traditional grave visits on the Qingming Festival in 2022.
 * The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 went on as planned despite the outbreak; after the cancellation of the 2020 event in Rotterdam due to the coronavirus outbreak, which ended in late 2020.
 * Afrikaburn 2022 went on as planned despite the outbreak.

Cancelled events
Kaamatan harvest festival
 * Christchurch attack memorial in New Zealand
 * 2022 FIRST Championship
 * 2020 Fleadh Cheoil
 * 2022 Gay Pride Parades in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 * 34th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival
 * Governors Ball Music Festival 2022
 * 833rd Hafengeburtstag
 * Hamburger Dom (spring fair)
 * Hangout Music Festival 2022
 * Hootie & the Blowfish's Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am golf tournament and corresponding benefit concert
 * Independence Day celebrations of Bangladesh on March 26
 * Karneval der Kulturen 2022
 * Land Day protests in the Gaza Strip[70]
 * Luke Air Force Base 2022 Luke Days[71]
 * Mawazine 2022
 * Melbourne International Comedy Festival
 * National Day celebrations of Greece on March 25
 * National Day celebrations of Hungary on March 15
 * St Patrick's Day parades across Ireland, as well as in the North American cities of Boston, Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New York, Halifax, and Toronto
 * SunFest
 * 2022 Sydney Royal Easter Show[83]
 * Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow 2022
 * Chaharshanbe Suri fire festivals
 * Nowruz events in Iran, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
 * Drum Corps International and Winter Guard International 2022 seasons[85][86]
 * Glastonbury 2022
 * April Spring Friendship Art Festival
 * International Women's Day events in Kazakhstan
 * 2022 International Biology Olympiad
 * 2022 International Philosophy Olympiad
 * 2022 Watch City Steampunk Festival
 * 2022 Pokémon World Championships