Only people with essential jobs and one member of each family will be allowed to leave their homes to buy food
The nightmare is playing again in China. The covid reappears and forces the Beijing authorities to confine the thirteen million inhabitants of the city of Xian, the new Wuhan of the pandemic. More than fifty positives in the last hours triggered the alarm in the Ministry of Health by updating its national balance and seeing with special concern the situation in the province of Shaanxi.
The regional capital, Xian, in the northwest of the Asian giant, was already under strict surveillance since the 12th for the appearance of infections of the delta variant, but it was not until this Wednesday that the exits and entrances were extremely limited. of the city, through whose streets only citizens can circulate to perform essential tasks, according to local official media explained last night. In any case, the municipal authorities have already aborted the flight of more than 7,000 people, according to the state broadcaster CCTV.
Starting this Thursday, only one person from each household will be able to go out every other day to make the necessary purchases, while other family members must stay at home unless they have essential jobs, explained the City Council official, Zhang Fenghu, at a press conference. The city has also banned restaurant dinners, as well as large conferences and exhibitions, and has closed non-basic businesses, in addition to introducing teleworking.
Small figures
China has confirmed more than 100,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, while the death toll has remained unchanged since January, with 4,636. The government has tried to apply a zero-case policy, introducing confinements like those in Xian in population centers that chain dozens of positives for several days.
In any case, the reported numbers are small compared to many recent outbreaks seen in the rest of the world, including some caused by the omicron strain, which emerged last month. However, the regime has vowed to clamp down on the movement of its residents, as it has signaled that it will not tolerate a significant spread of the infection. China has also reported several cases of omicron, although only among international travelers.
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