Coronafallen ökar – nu stängs jättestaden ned
Kinesiska Shenzhen stängs efter att 66 nya coronafall har konstaterats i mångmiljonstaden.
Nedstängningar införs också på flera andra håll i landet.
Söndagens siffror är de högsta för ett dygn sedan i februari 2020, då coronapandemin var i sin linda.
Kina kämpar mot en stor uppgång i smittspridningen av coronavarianterna omikron och delta. Nästan 3 400 människor har konstaterats smittade på ett dygn enligt söndagens siffror – dubbelt så många som dygnet före.
Den nya smittvågen har fått myndigheterna att återigen skärpa restriktionerna restriktioner.
I staden Shenzen, i provinsen Guangdong i södra Kina, har flera av landets största företag sin verksamhet. Nu uppmanas de över tio miljoner invånarna att stanna hemma.
Nedstängningen ska gälla i en vecka. Samtliga invånare ska testas i tre omgångar av masstestning, meddelar lokala myndigheter.
Alla företag utom de som säljer mat, bränsle och andra nödvändiga varor ska stänga eller också måste arbetet utföras hemifrån.
Risk för fortsatt ökning
Shenzen ligger bredvid Hongkong, där över 32 000 nya fall rapporterades på söndagen och myndigheterna varnar för att siffrorna kommer att fortsätta öka.
I lördags stängdes skolorna i Shanghai. I staden Jilin omfattas hundratals bostadsområden av nedstängning och stadens borgmästare har fått sparken på grund av smittspridningen, enligt statliga medier.
Även staden Yanji, som har närmare 700 000 invånare och ligger nära gränsen till Nordkorea, har satts i lockdown.
Masstestningar
Kina har hållit fast vid sin nolltoleranspolicy mot coronaviruset. Den har upprätthållits genom hårda restriktioner och masstestningar när fall av covid-19 har upptäckts.
Jämfört med i december, då staden Xi'an med 13 miljoner invånare stängdes ned i två veckor, har åtgärderna i vissa delar av landet varit mindre hårda och mer riktade den senaste tiden.
Nyligen sade en kinesisk forskare att landet borde rikta in sig på att leva med viruset som många andra länder, men regeringen har varit tydlig med att det fortfarande är möjligt att stora nedstängningar genomförs.
Coronapandemin Corona falls are increasing - now the giant city is closing down
By: TT
Published: Today 03.59
Updated: Less than 3 hours ago
NEWS
Chinese Shenzhen closes after 66 new corona falls have been identified in the multimillion-dollar city.
Closures are also being introduced in several other parts of the country.
Sunday's figures are the highest 24 hours since February 2020, when the corona pandemic was in its infancy.
China is struggling with a large increase in the spread of the corona variants omikron and delta. Almost 3,400 people have been found infected in one day according to Sunday's figures - twice as many as the day before.
The new wave of infections has led the authorities to once again tighten restrictions. In the city of Shenzhen, in the province of Guangdong in southern China, several of the country's largest companies have their operations. Now the more than ten million inhabitants are being urged to stay at home.
The shutdown will be valid for one week. All residents will be tested in three rounds of mass testing, local authorities announce.
All companies except those that sell food, fuel and other necessary goods must close or the work must be carried out from home. Residents queue to be tested for covid-19 in Changchun in Jilin Province in northeastern China on Thursday. In an attempt to stop the growing infection, the city of millions has introduced a new lockdown.
Residents queue to be tested for covid-19 in Changchun in Jilin Province in northeastern China on Thursday. In an attempt to stop the growing infection, the city of millions has introduced a new lockdown. Photo: Chinatopix via AP / TT
Risk of continued increase
Shenzhen is next to Hong Kong, where more than 32,000 new cases were reported on Sunday, and authorities warn that numbers will continue to rise. Schools in Shanghai were closed on Saturday.
In the city of Jilin, hundreds of residential areas are covered by closure and the city's mayor has been fired due to the spread of infection, according to state media.
The city of Yanji, which has nearly 700,000 inhabitants and is close to the border with North Korea, has also been put on lockdown.
Paramilitary police in face masks march on patrol in an area of Shenzhen, near the border with Hong Kong.
All railway connections between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland have been stopped for fear of a new spread of infection.
Paramilitary police in face masks march on patrol in an area of Shenzhen, near the border with Hong Kong. All railway connections between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland have been stopped for fear of a new spread of infection. Photo: Chinatopix via AP / TT
Mass testing
China has adhered to its zero-tolerance policy against the coronavirus. It has been maintained through strict restrictions and mass testing when cases of covid-19 have been detected.
Compared to December, when the city of Xi'an with 13 million inhabitants was closed for two weeks, measures in some parts of the country have been less harsh and more targeted in recent times.
Recently, a Chinese researcher said that the country should focus on living with the virus like many other countries, but the government has been clear that it is still possible that major shutdowns will take place.
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