Cities across China impose fresh restrictions and lockdowns to contain Covid outbreaks that are again threatening to disrupt local economies.
The uncertainty over how long such smaller lockdowns may last — because omicron’s high transmissibility makes it harder to clear infections — has hurt business confidence and made people less willing to travel.
Yiwu’s 1.9 million people joined millions of others across several cities whose movements are restricted largely to their residential compounds, unless they have to go out for matters such as Covid tests, grocery shopping or hospital visits. Key districts in Xinjiang’s capital, Urumqi, meanwhile, are in a five-day lockdown that started on Wednesday.and Tibet continued to expand, with affected cities under lockdowns.
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