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Chinese cities tighten controls on COVID epidemics
Chinese cities tighten controls on COVID epidemics
China reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 new cases in China on Thursday for the third consecutive day.
To stop spreading epidemics, Chinese cities in China are increasing their COVID-19 curbs. They have begun to seal up buildings and lock down entire districts.
China reported Thursday that it had more than 1,000 COVID cases in China for the third consecutive day. This is a small number compared to the hundreds of thousands of cases per day that put Shanghai under lockdown earlier this year, but enough to cause more restrictions throughout the country.
China’s COVID caseload remains small by international standards, but China’s extremely strict and disruptive containment measures against the transmissible Omicron variant this year have had a significant impact on the second-largest economy in the world, rattled financial markets, and angered the public.
Guangzhou, China’s fourth-largest city in terms of economic output, and Guangdong’s provincial capital sealed more streets and neighborhoods on Thursday. People were kept in their homes because new areas were deemed to be high-risk by a COVID revival that has continued into its fourth week.
Wuhan, which was the epicenter of the first COVID-19 epidemic in late 2019 world, reported only 20-25 new infections per day during this week. However, authorities in Wuhan ordered more than 800,000. people remain at home until October 30.
According to photos and posts on social media Wuhan also stopped the sale of pork in certain parts of the city after one COVID case was identified as being linked to the local pork supply chain.
Xining is the capital of Qinghai Province. Social media posts in the city of 2.5million people spoke of food shortages, price inflation, and other issues. Health authorities raced to stop a COVID rebound after the week-long National Day holiday.
A Xining official said Wednesday that to reduce the risk of transmission, certain fruit and vegetable stores were closed and placed under quarantine.
To control local outbreaks, Zhengzhou and Datong were among the other large Chinese cities.
After at least one person tested positive for COVID, the Universal Resort was closed in Beijing on Wednesday.
China has pledged repeatedly to adhere to its zero-tolerance response to COVID and to implement the necessary measures to control the virus.
The continuation of the draconian Zero-COVID policy has also caused public anger.
Last week, a video posted on social media showed a teenager in critical condition being ignored by a COVID-19 quarantine center in Henan province. It received hundreds of thousands and angry calls for an investigation.
Despite growing public discontent and the economic toll it has caused, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to continue the strict zero-COVID policy.
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