BEJING: China’s daily local Covid-19 infection rate has risen to its highest level since early May, with lockdowns sweeping across the country.
There were 3,800 new cases reported on Thursday, up 22% from a day earlier and the highest since the country’s biggest outbreak in the spring, according to the National Health Commission. An outbreak in the southern Guangzhou factory center continued to accelerate after at least one district in the city halted in-person learning and dining, with 572 domestic infections reported on Wednesday. Six.
More and more outbreaks are emerging despite stealth shutdowns and targeted restrictions enacted in many regions as China continues to comply Covid Zero policy. A top health official’s speech this week signaled no plans to change the president’s preferred zero-tolerance approach. Xi Jinpingincluding tight border restrictions, mass testing, and lockdowns whenever there is an outbreak.
Inside Mongolia, detected 764 cases, accounting for the highest number today among Chinese provinces. Restrictions are in place for most of the northwest region, where the outbreak is unlikely to be extinguished in a large remote area. Most parts of Xinjiang has been locked away for more than 80 days, with signs on social media showing local residents becoming increasingly desperate about indefinite home isolation.
Zhengzhou, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory, locked down the area around the Foxconn Technology Group facility on Wednesday following outcry over an on-site outbreak. Many workers have walked out of the factory to escape the “closed loop” system that has paralyzed daily life.
Local officials said at a city press conference late on Thursday, production at the Foxconn plant had essentially returned to normal.
There were 3,800 new cases reported on Thursday, up 22% from a day earlier and the highest since the country’s biggest outbreak in the spring, according to the National Health Commission. An outbreak in the southern Guangzhou factory center continued to accelerate after at least one district in the city halted in-person learning and dining, with 572 domestic infections reported on Wednesday. Six.
More and more outbreaks are emerging despite stealth shutdowns and targeted restrictions enacted in many regions as China continues to comply Covid Zero policy. A top health official’s speech this week signaled no plans to change the president’s preferred zero-tolerance approach. Xi Jinpingincluding tight border restrictions, mass testing, and lockdowns whenever there is an outbreak.
Inside Mongolia, detected 764 cases, accounting for the highest number today among Chinese provinces. Restrictions are in place for most of the northwest region, where the outbreak is unlikely to be extinguished in a large remote area. Most parts of Xinjiang has been locked away for more than 80 days, with signs on social media showing local residents becoming increasingly desperate about indefinite home isolation.
Zhengzhou, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory, locked down the area around the Foxconn Technology Group facility on Wednesday following outcry over an on-site outbreak. Many workers have walked out of the factory to escape the “closed loop” system that has paralyzed daily life.
Local officials said at a city press conference late on Thursday, production at the Foxconn plant had essentially returned to normal.
