In China, a strict lockdown was recently imposed on a city of Xi’an with a population of 13 million due to an impending “explosion” of coronavirus infections. According to the city government, shops, schools and restaurants in the metropolis known for its terracotta army will be closed for a week from Wednesday.
As a result, “society should calm down as much as possible, reduce mobility and reduce the risk of infection,” authorities said. According to the authorities, 18 Covid infections with the omicron variant of the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 have been registered in Xi’an since Saturday.
Drastic lockdown already at the end of 2021
The metropolis in the north of the People’s Republic of China was already drastically closed at the end of last year. Public life in the city was completely paralyzed for a month. At that time, thousands of corona cases were registered.
China still follows a strict zero-covid strategy, immediately addressing individual outbreaks through lockdowns and mass testing. The country’s economy is just recovering from the effects of a month-long lockdown in Shanghai and extremely strict corona restrictions in the capital Beijing.
Source: Krone
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