capital of china Beijing is implementing large-scale testing and closing access to neighborhoods as it seeks to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak.
The announcement of the test had triggered panic in the city of 21 million on Monday, but on Tuesday the situation appeared to calm down with a seemingly normal schedule and public transport on streets packed with commuters.
Fears of a total lockdown have been fueled by the situation in the southern trade center of ShanghaiWhere 25 million residents have been gradually allowed to leave their homes after only three weeks of confinement.
Anyang city in central China and Dandong on the border with North Korea The lockdown became the latest to begin as the Omicron version of the coronavirus spreads.
Shanghai has succumbed to strict lockdown conditions that have prompted residents to band together to distribute food through group purchases. Goods have been backed up at the port of Shanghai, affecting supplies and factory production, and slowing economic growth.
Beijing closed an area of about 2 by 3 kilometers (1 by 2 mi), asking residents to work from home and stay in its residential premises. It was not a total lockdown, but stadiums, playgrounds, cinemas, karaoke bars and other entertainment venues were ordered to be closed.
Elsewhere, the city closed some or all buildings in five residential complexes, adding others have been closed for two days. Beijing has reported 80 cases in the most recent wave, while Shanghai has reported more than 300,000 and 190 deaths this month.
The announcement of the test had triggered panic in the city of 21 million on Monday, but on Tuesday the situation appeared to calm down with a seemingly normal schedule and public transport on streets packed with commuters.
Fears of a total lockdown have been fueled by the situation in the southern trade center of ShanghaiWhere 25 million residents have been gradually allowed to leave their homes after only three weeks of confinement.
Anyang city in central China and Dandong on the border with North Korea The lockdown became the latest to begin as the Omicron version of the coronavirus spreads.
Shanghai has succumbed to strict lockdown conditions that have prompted residents to band together to distribute food through group purchases. Goods have been backed up at the port of Shanghai, affecting supplies and factory production, and slowing economic growth.
Beijing closed an area of about 2 by 3 kilometers (1 by 2 mi), asking residents to work from home and stay in its residential premises. It was not a total lockdown, but stadiums, playgrounds, cinemas, karaoke bars and other entertainment venues were ordered to be closed.
Elsewhere, the city closed some or all buildings in five residential complexes, adding others have been closed for two days. Beijing has reported 80 cases in the most recent wave, while Shanghai has reported more than 300,000 and 190 deaths this month.