China reports 1,437 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 17 million in Shenzhen under lockdown

Of the new cases, 1,337 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said, compared with 1,807 a day earlier.

The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, stood at 906 compared with 1,455 a day earlier.As of Mar 13, mainland China had confirmed 116,902 cases. The southern tech hub of Shenzhen told all residents to stay at home as the city struggles to eradicate an Omicron flare-up linked to neighbouring virus-ravaged Hong Kong.

The lockdown and a suspension of public transport will last until Mar 20, a city government notice said, adding that it would launch three rounds of mass testing.Shenzhen reported 66 new infections on Sunday - a fraction of theHong Kong stocks fell more than three per cent on Monday, dropping below 20,000 for the first time in almost six years, as tech firms were hit by concerns over China's crackdown on the sector and as theThe Hang Seng Index shed 3.02 per cent, or 620.

"If prevention and control is not strengthened in a timely and decisive manner, it could easily become large-scale community transmission," Shenzhen health official Lin Hancheng said at a briefing on Sunday.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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