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China has ordered a lockdown of four million people around Beijing until the end of the week. Before the important session of the Communist Party, the local authorities intensified their efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus even more. Read on
A further 13 million people in the neighboring port city of Tianjin must be tested after 51 cases of the infection – accompanied by mostly mild covid symptoms – were discovered there.
China is economically advantageous, which continues to hold the so-called zero tolerance towards covid, including the introduction of lockdowns, travel restrictions or mass testing, as a result of which economic growth stops.
He intensified Beijing’s epidemiological measures before the previous 20th National Congress of the Communist Party, which is to be held in the course of more than three months.
Coping with the pandemic is widely seen as a key element of the policy of President Xi Jinping, who was supposed to secure a third term in office at the convention.
According to experts, the epidemiological situation could worsen now, as the omikron coronavirus variant is spreading again in big cities. Strict epidemiological measures also apply, for example, in Chengdu, the largest city in the west of China.
In the city of Shenzhen, considered a technology center, two districts are under partial lockdown. The world’s largest electronics market was also canceled there.
In the Fu-tchien district there, cinemas, karaoke bars and parks are closed until Friday, and large public events are cancelled. Restrictions also apply in the outlying district of Wanxia, which offers cheap accommodation for workers commuting from other cities, although it has not reported any cases of infection. (TASR)