Authorities adopt a zero tolerance policy in Shenzhen, imposing a lockdown and testing every resident three times
China’s government has locked down Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million people, as it tries to contain its worst ever Covid-19 outbreak across multiple provinces, with case numbers tripling from Saturday to Sunday.
No one can leave the city except in special circumstances and with a negative test result obtained within 24 hours prior to exit. Local communities and residences had established monitoring teams with a “warm-hearted service hotline”, it said. In Jilin 831 new cases were reported in Changchun, 571 in the nearby Jilin City and 150 in the eastern port city of Qingdao. Authorities in the province are stepping up anti-disease measures after concluding their earlier response was inadequate, according to Zhang Yan, deputy director of the provincial“The emergency response mechanism in some areas is not sound enough,” Zhang said at a news conference.
“People should not get the wrong impression that the virus situation is now under control,” said Dr Albert Au, an expert with the government’s Center forProtection. “Once we let our guard down, it’s possible that will bounce back and rise again.”
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