BEIJING: China reported 3,297 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday, while the lockdowns in cities are creating wider ramifications. Beijing staring at national crisis,
Of these new locally transmitted cases, China’s economic hub Shanghai According to the Xinhua news agency report, 3,084 cases and 17,332 locally asymptomatic infections were reported.
There were seven new deaths from Kovid-19 in Shanghai on Monday.
In addition to Shanghai, 18 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 88 in the northeastern province of Jilin.
A total of 1,912 Kovid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering on the Chinese mainland on Monday, the commission’s report said.
Across China, cities are locking down their residents, supply lines are broken, and officials scramble to secure the movement of basic goods, in the wake of their largest recorded outbreak of Covid-19. With the government in danger of spiraling into a national crisis of its own. ,
At least 44 Chinese cities are under either complete or partial lockdown, as officials try to stop the spread of the highly permeable Omicron variant, investment banks Nomura and CNN reported Thursday.
In Shanghai, the epicenter of the country’s latest outbreak, the once unimaginable scramble for the ultra-modern financial capital has become part of the daily struggle for 25 million people.
There, residents have been forbidden to leave the confines of their apartments or housing blocks for weeks, desperate for food and freedom – some in social media clips screaming in frustration from their windows or clashing with dangerous-clad workers. have been seen doing. Even after a tentative plan for a partial easing of measures was released on Monday, there seems to be no end in sight, CNN reports.
The current situation may be the most important challenge for the country – and, arguably, for the Chinese leader. Xi Jinping against zero covid Policy.
Getting supplies across the country has become a formidable challenge, with some expressways closed, and truck drivers stuck in quarantine or at thousands of highway health checkpoints.
Some cities have discouraged their residents from leaving, such as the major southern port of Guangzhou, which requires its 18 million people to show a negative COVID test if they want to exit. Furthermore, the zero-Covid policy has sparked growing frustration and anger in Shanghai and threatens more disruption, magnifying the risks for the Communist Party.
Of these new locally transmitted cases, China’s economic hub Shanghai According to the Xinhua news agency report, 3,084 cases and 17,332 locally asymptomatic infections were reported.
There were seven new deaths from Kovid-19 in Shanghai on Monday.
In addition to Shanghai, 18 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 88 in the northeastern province of Jilin.
A total of 1,912 Kovid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering on the Chinese mainland on Monday, the commission’s report said.
Across China, cities are locking down their residents, supply lines are broken, and officials scramble to secure the movement of basic goods, in the wake of their largest recorded outbreak of Covid-19. With the government in danger of spiraling into a national crisis of its own. ,
At least 44 Chinese cities are under either complete or partial lockdown, as officials try to stop the spread of the highly permeable Omicron variant, investment banks Nomura and CNN reported Thursday.
In Shanghai, the epicenter of the country’s latest outbreak, the once unimaginable scramble for the ultra-modern financial capital has become part of the daily struggle for 25 million people.
There, residents have been forbidden to leave the confines of their apartments or housing blocks for weeks, desperate for food and freedom – some in social media clips screaming in frustration from their windows or clashing with dangerous-clad workers. have been seen doing. Even after a tentative plan for a partial easing of measures was released on Monday, there seems to be no end in sight, CNN reports.
The current situation may be the most important challenge for the country – and, arguably, for the Chinese leader. Xi Jinping against zero covid Policy.
Getting supplies across the country has become a formidable challenge, with some expressways closed, and truck drivers stuck in quarantine or at thousands of highway health checkpoints.
Some cities have discouraged their residents from leaving, such as the major southern port of Guangzhou, which requires its 18 million people to show a negative COVID test if they want to exit. Furthermore, the zero-Covid policy has sparked growing frustration and anger in Shanghai and threatens more disruption, magnifying the risks for the Communist Party.