China expands lockdowns as COVID-19 cases climb

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BEIJING: Hundreds of thousands more people were ordered to stay home in northern China Tuesday (Dec 28), joining millions under strict lockdown as authorities raced to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that have reached a 21-month high. China, where the virus emerged two years ago, has follo

BEIJING: Hundreds of thousands more people were ordered to stay home in northern China Tuesday , joining millions under strict lockdown as authorities raced to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that have reached a 21-month high.

But authorities have faced a resurgent virus in recent weeks, reporting 209 infections on Tuesday, the highest single-day tally since March last year, when the pandemic raged through the central city of Wuhan.The surge, while low in comparison to rampant cases in Europe and the United States, has prompted authorities to impose what they have called the"strictest" possible curbs in the northern city of Xi'an, whose 13 million residents are entering a sixth day of home confinement.

 

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