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Five million residents of a central Chinese city were confined to their homes Tuesday while another megacity shuttered all non-essential businesses, as the country battles a spate of coronavirus outbreaks including from the Omicron variant.

Staff members wearing personal protective equipment prepare to spray disinfectant outside a shopping mall in Xi’an in north China’s Shaanxi province on January 11, 2022. / China OUT

Fast-spreading Omicron presents a fresh challenge, with two cases in Anyang — the newly locked-down city in Henan province — linked to a growing infection cluster in the northern metropolis of Tianjin, some 400 kilometres away. There were 58 new local infections reported in Anyang, state broadcaster CCTV said Tuesday, bringing the city’s total caseload to 84 since Saturday.

Under current rules, schools and kindergartens have been closed along with all non-essential businesses.Hong Kong, Shenzhen Zhang Boli, of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told local television that the Tianjin cluster is the first time Omicron has been detected spreading within China. On Tuesday, chief executive Carrie Lam announced further measures including the closure of all kindergartens and primary schools until after the Lunar New Year in early February.

 

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