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☆ Chinese cities clamp down on COVID as cases rise before winter season
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

In Guangdong province, manufacturing centre Guangzhou has seen a spate of cases over the past week that has closed some districts. Over the past week, authorities raced to get a handle on rising cases in Datong, Xining, Nanjing, Xian, Zhengzhou and Wuhan forcing temporary lockdown measures of some neighbourhoods. Datong, which recorded 288 cases from Oct. 27-30, has enforced stricter isolation and management of hotels, key industries and its railway. As winter nears, northern cities, particularly those close to international borders, are seeing higher case numbers and could face new curbs. Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang province, bordering North Korea, extended the temporary lockdown of some areas, according to local media reports.

"With the zero-COVID policy here to stay, we think the economy will continue to struggle heading into 2023," Zichun Huang, economist at Capital Economics, said in a research note. At this month's twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's commitment to its zero-COVID policy, disappointing investors and countless Chinese frustrated by lockdowns, travel curbs and testing. "We don't expect the zero-COVID policy to be abandoned until 2024, which means virus disruptions will keep in-person services activity subdued," said Huang from Capital Economics. New cases in mainland China hit 2,898 on Sunday, topping 2,000 for a second straight day, a tiny number by global standards. However, in Beijing the Universal Resort theme park reopened on Monday after being shut last week because one visitor had tested positive for coronavirus.

☆ COVID-19: China înregistrează cel mai mare număr de cazuri din ultimele 5 luni
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Diana Severin | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Shijiazhuang, capitala Hebei şi epicentrul noului focar din provincie, este în carantină, cu persoane şi vehicule interzise să părăsească oraşul. Wangkui, aflat sub jurisdicţia oraşului Suihua din provincia Heilongjiang, a raportat opt noi cazuri asimptomatice şi a închis luni toate afacerile neesenţiale, a interzis persoanelor să părăsească oraşul şi a blocat tot traficul neesenţial, a relatat televiziunea de stat. Fiecare familie din Wangkui poate avea o persoană care să părăscă casa o dată la trei zile pentru a cumpăra produse de primă necesitate. China nu ia în considerare aceste persoane, care sunt infectate cu virusul SARS-CoV-2 care cauzează boala, dar care nu prezintă simptome. Numărul total de cazuri confirmate de COVID-19 în China continentală se ridică acum la 87.536, în timp ce numărul morţilor a rămas neschimbat, la 4.634.

Persons: Mediafax . Organizations: Mediafax, Mediafax . Shijiazhuang Locations: autorităţile, Hebei, China, Suihua, Heilongjiang, Wangkui

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