China imposes lockdown on 1,2 million citizens after 3 Covid cases in city.
Maintaining its "zero Covid" policy, the government imposed a lockdown in the city of Yuzhou, in central China.
Sputnik - Since Monday night (3), all citizens of Yuzhou will be required to stay in their homes, as published by the Chinese website. Global TimesThe city has a population of approximately 1,17 million people and is located in Henan province. Previously, the city had already announced that it would suspend bus and taxi services and close shopping malls, museums, and tourist attractions.
Despite the progress of vaccination in the country, Beijing maintains a strict approach to containing Covid-19, including border restrictions and localized lockdowns. The most recent occurred in the city of Xi'an, where approximately 13 million people were confined and tested after cases of the disease emerged in mid-December of last year.
China reported another 175 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (4), including five in Henan province and eight more in a separate location linked to a garment factory in the eastern city of Ningbo.
Despite the low numbers compared to most of the world, the figures represent the largest local increase since the pandemic was brought under control in the country in March 2020. However, there have been no deaths caused by the disease recorded in the country since January 2021.
The Chinese government is trying to keep the situation under control, given that the country will host the Winter Olympics next month.
According to data from the website Our World in Data, China has accumulated a total of 4.636 deaths from Covid-19, in addition to 102.666 cases. The country has already administered two doses of the vaccine against the new coronavirus to 84% of the population and at least one dose to 87% of Chinese citizens. More than 1,2 billion Chinese people have been vaccinated.