BEIJING - Chinese officials must avoid becoming"slack" and"war weary" when it comes to fighting Covid-19, according to a top Communist Party newspaper, as more tourist destinations - including the capital of the contentious Xinjiang region - impose restrictions aimed at stamping out cases.
The article, which acknowledged pandemic controls were having an impact on people's lives, follows a meeting of the Politburo last month, where the strictChina continues to roll out its playbook of movement restrictions,and surveillance as it seeks to halt a raft of outbreaks flaring in traditional tourist hotspots across the country.
A local official said some of the new infections were thought to have been brought in by tourists from elsewhere in China, according to Radio Free Asia. Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, rolled out a mass testing drive on Monday after locking down parts of the city, including the famed Potala Palace, the traditional winter residence of the Dalai Lamas.China's largest outbreak right now is in Hainan,
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