China announced the lockdown of the southern city of Shenzhen, of 17 million inhabitants, due to the increase in cases of covid-19 in recent days. Shenzhen is one of the main technological poles of the country and headquarters of companies such as Huawei and Tencent, but now it will have to subject its residents to three nucleic acid tests, in an attempt to curb the curve of cases.
The city authorities, who reported more than 60 new cases this Saturday and more than 300 in total during the last month, assured that the confinement will be extended. from this Monday and until next March 20, during which time only essential tasks will be allowed such as those related to the supply of water and electricity.
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Those who do not work in this type of sector must do so from home, and they must also close commercial stores, with the exception of supermarkets, pharmacies and medical institutions. Transportation in Hong Kong’s neighboring Shenzhen, which has also seen a dramatic rise in cases in the past monthwill be kept at a basic level, so that the city continues to be supplied
Residential buildings will remain in quarantine, and the inhabitants will only be able to leave with express permission, the text adds.
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The latest wave of covid has set off alarms in China and also affects the metropolis of Shanghai, whose authorities have asked residents to only leave the city if strictly necessary.
Residential buildings will remain in quarantine, and the inhabitants will only be able to leave with express permission.
The country faces a new wave of cases related to the omicron variant: In the last published count, 1,938 new positives and another 1,455 asymptomatic cases were detected on Saturday, since Beijing does not count them as confirmed cases unless they show symptoms.
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Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan described the wave as “serious and complicated”and urged local health authorities to do everything possible to control the transmission of the virus.
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