This outbreak has spread far faster than. Authorities in China rarely bow to public pressure, but an outcry over COVID-positive kids being separated from their. Tens of millions of people are living under lockdown in China, as the country battles its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. In the northwestern province of Qinghai, the city of Xining kicked off a mass testing campaign on Monday after one person tested positive on Sunday. China puts Shanghai in COVID lockdown as it tries to mitigate cases 02:00. The city of Nanchang in southern Jiangxi province, with 6.3 million residents, shut some entertainment venues on Saturday, although the duration of the curbs was not specified. In the central province of Henan, the town of Qinyang has almost completely locked down its nearly 700,000 residents from Sunday, with one person in each household allowed a trip every two days for groceries.Īuthorities in Wugang, another town in Henan, have told its 290,000 residents not to leave home in the next three days, except for COVID tests.įour major districts in the northwestern city of Lanzhou, in the province of Gansu, and the southern cities of Danzhou and Haikou in Hainan province, are under temporary curbs for several days, with a total of 6 million people affected. Mainland China reported 352 new domestically transmitted COVID infections on July 10, 46 of these symptomatic and 306 asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday. Most of its recent cases have been among those already in quarantine. "We expect COVID restrictions, mainly in the form of rolling mini-lockdowns for the rest of the year, which would be less disruptive to production or supply chains, along with the gradual rollout of more supportive policies," it said in a note.ĭaily counts of locally transmitted infections in Shanghai increased to several dozens since July 5, up from single digits earlier this month, but are still tiny by global standards. Its residents are already testing every few days to secure access to various locations and public transport.Īuthorities, and some investors, hope such relentless testing will uncover infections early enough to keep them in check.Įarly controls had reduced the risk of a prolonged major city lockdown, UBS Global Wealth Management said.
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