BEIJING: Thousands of people were under lockdown in a small Chinese city on Tuesday after only one case of Kovid-19 was detected. BeijingThe U.S.’s strict intolerable virus strategy showed no signs of abating.
China is the last major economy to stick to a zero-Covid policy, crushing new outbreaks with snap lockdowns, forced quarantines and travel curbs despite growing public fatigue and damage to the economy .
Authorities have imposed several restrictions in many areas as they struggle to contain fresh flare-ups driven by the rapid spread omicron type.
After reporting a new domestic infection, the steelmaking hub of Wugang in Henan province announced on Monday that it would implement a three-day “shutdown control” in response to “disease prevention needs”, according to an official notice. .
The notice said none of the city’s 320,000 people are allowed to set foot outside their homes until Thursday afternoon, adding that basic necessities will be provided by local authorities.
The notice said residents are not allowed to use their cars without permission and must obtain official authorization to travel under “closed-loop” conditions in case of an emergency.
The city is home to one of China’s largest steel firms, the Wuyang Iron and Steel Company, which exports to the United States, Japan, and other major Western economies. bloomberg,
Nearly 250 million people in China are now under some form of virus control measures – more than double last week’s numbers – Japanese bank nomura Said Monday.
Persistent outbreaks and radical official responses have dampened hopes that Beijing is ready to break away from the harsh restrictions it saw earlier this year, when tens of millions were confined to their homes, sometimes for weeks.
The country recorded 347 new domestic cases on Tuesday, of which more than 80 percent showed no symptoms. national health commission,
fear has increased covid measures in Shanghai, which ended a two-month grueling lockdown earlier this year due to supply shortages and isolated protests.
Most of the megacity’s 25 million residents have been ordered to undergo two COVID tests between Tuesday and Thursday, as daily case figures continue to hover in the double digits.
In eastern Anhui province, where authorities last week plunged 1.7 million people into lockdown, residents of a county were to undergo a 15th round of mass testing on Tuesday, according to an official notice.
China is the last major economy to stick to a zero-Covid policy, crushing new outbreaks with snap lockdowns, forced quarantines and travel curbs despite growing public fatigue and damage to the economy .
Authorities have imposed several restrictions in many areas as they struggle to contain fresh flare-ups driven by the rapid spread omicron type.
After reporting a new domestic infection, the steelmaking hub of Wugang in Henan province announced on Monday that it would implement a three-day “shutdown control” in response to “disease prevention needs”, according to an official notice. .
The notice said none of the city’s 320,000 people are allowed to set foot outside their homes until Thursday afternoon, adding that basic necessities will be provided by local authorities.
The notice said residents are not allowed to use their cars without permission and must obtain official authorization to travel under “closed-loop” conditions in case of an emergency.
The city is home to one of China’s largest steel firms, the Wuyang Iron and Steel Company, which exports to the United States, Japan, and other major Western economies. bloomberg,
Nearly 250 million people in China are now under some form of virus control measures – more than double last week’s numbers – Japanese bank nomura Said Monday.
Persistent outbreaks and radical official responses have dampened hopes that Beijing is ready to break away from the harsh restrictions it saw earlier this year, when tens of millions were confined to their homes, sometimes for weeks.
The country recorded 347 new domestic cases on Tuesday, of which more than 80 percent showed no symptoms. national health commission,
fear has increased covid measures in Shanghai, which ended a two-month grueling lockdown earlier this year due to supply shortages and isolated protests.
Most of the megacity’s 25 million residents have been ordered to undergo two COVID tests between Tuesday and Thursday, as daily case figures continue to hover in the double digits.
In eastern Anhui province, where authorities last week plunged 1.7 million people into lockdown, residents of a county were to undergo a 15th round of mass testing on Tuesday, according to an official notice.