The country recorded its highest number of Covid-19 cases since May on Saturday and millions of people across the country will spend the weekend in confinement under the strict “zero Covid” policy.
China recorded its highest number of Covid-19 cases since May on Saturday and millions across the country were spending the weekend in lockdown under the strict policy.zero covid“.
The Middle Kingdom is the last major country in the world to pursue the goal of eliminating the epidemic through lockdowns, long quarantines and mass testing, even though this strategy has a heavy impact on the economy.
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A total of 450 cases of Covid-19, mostly asymptomatic, were registered nationally on Saturday, against 432 the day before, according to authorities. This increase in cases this week led to the adoption of new restrictions in several parts of the country.
Major Challenge
Lanzhou, the capital of northwestern Gansu province, on Wednesday ordered its 4.4 million residents to stay at home. One of the counties in Anhui Province (east) has been in lockdown since Friday. Earlier in the week, a general lockdown was imposed on Wugang, a major steel center in central Henan Province, after a single case of Covid-19 was discovered. In Beihai, in the province of Guangxi (south), the authorities announced Saturday partial confinements in two districts with more than 800,000 inhabitants.
“Currently, the epidemic prevention and control situation in Beihai City is serious and complicated, and the risk of creeping transmission in the community is relatively high.says a government notice announcing the restrictions.
The Omicron variant, which spreads faster, poses a major policy challenge.zero covid” from China.
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