One million Wuhan residents under COVID-19 lockdown after four cases

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One million Wuhan residents under COVID-19 lockdown after four cases
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Authorities announced its main urban areas would enforce three days of 'temporary control measures.' 9News

All public transport, from buses to subway services, were suspended, and residents were urged not to leave the district unless absolutely necessary.

A further four neighbourhoods were designated as medium-risk, meaning residents cannot leave their compounds. The sweeping restrictions came shortly after Jiangxia district authorities announced the discovery of four asymptomatic infections late on Tuesday. Two were detected during regular testing drives, while the other two were found among their close contacts.Residents from four suburbs in the Chinese city of Wuhan have been banned from leaving their homes.

The stringent lockdown shuttered businesses and confined residents to their homes for more than two months. The paralysing lockdown came at a huge personal cost to residents, but eventually succeeded in taming the virus.

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