BEIJING (AP) — China’s capital Beijing started testing tens of millions of residents and shutting down residential and enterprise districts Monday amid a brand new outbreak of COVID-19.
Whereas solely simply greater than 40 circumstances have been discovered within the metropolis of greater than 21 million because the outbreak surfaced Friday, authorities have applied excessive measures to stop an additional unfold of the virus.
Residents had been staying dwelling and stocking up on meals as a safeguard in opposition to the chance that they might be confined indoors, as has occurred in a number of cities together with the financial hub of Shanghai.
The central metropolis Anyang, together with Dandong on the border with North Korea, additionally introduced lockdowns because the omicron variant spreads throughout the huge nation.
China’s borders stay largely closed as its hardline response and the pandemic’s financial influence proceed to develop.
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