China Issues Massive Lock-downs Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

 

Daily Mail: THIRTY MILLION people in 13 cities are put into Covid lockdown in China with hazmat-wearing officials back on the streets on a scale not seen since pandemic began 

* Thirty million people have been plunged back into virus lockdown in China cities 

* Surging virus cases - 5,280 in the last 24 hours - have sparked the new measures 

* At least 13 cities have been locked down and others are under partial restrictions 

* China's zero-Covid policy has kept the nation shut off from the world for 2 years 

Thirty million people in 13 cities across China have been put back into a Covid-19 lockdown with hazmat-wearing officials back on the streets on a scale not seen since the pandemic began. 

China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant spread across a country that has stuck tightly to a zero-Covid strategy. 

That approach, which pivots on hard localised lockdowns and has left China virtually cut off from the outside world for two years, appears stretched to the limit as Omicron finds its way into communities.  

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China Issues Massive Lock-downs Amid COVID-19 Outbreak  

China locks down more than 30 million people as COVID-19 flares, threatening global supply chains -- CBS/AP  

China Locks Down Shenzhen, Province of 24 Million Over Covid -- Bloomberg  

In China, 37 million people are in Covid lockdown. Here's what we know -- CNN 

COVID Finally Spins Out of Control in China as New Variant Takes Hold -- Daily Beast  

China Orders 51 Million Into Lockdown As COVID Numbers Spike -- Zero Hedge  

China Blames Omicron's Mild Symptoms for Recent COVID Surge -- Newsweek