China confined another million inhabitants to a town in the center of the country, after detecting three asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, a month before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Since the epidemic appeared in December 2019, the authorities have applied the strategy “Zero COVID“, Which consists of doing whatever is necessary to limit the emergence of new cases as much as possible.
However, in recent months there have been sporadic outbreaks, and the country has redoubled its vigilance in the face of the imminence of the Winter Games, from February 4 to 20, 2022.
The city of Yuzhou, located in the province of Henan, about 800 km south of Beijing, announced Monday night that its 1.2 million residents will have to stay home to limit the spread of the virus.
It was not specified how long this confinement will last, which was decided after the discovery of three asymptomatic cases.
Throughout Yuzhou I know “put up barriers to strictly enforce prevention measures“The mayor warned on his official Weibo account.
Leaving the city will be prohibited, unless you have an authorization.
On Tuesday, China reported 175 new cases of COVID-19, 95 of which in Xian (north), where 13 million inhabitants have also been confined for almost two weeks. It is the strictest and most important confinement carried out in China from that of Wuhan (center), at the beginning of the pandemic.
That city was the first in the world to impose, two years ago, radical measures to stop the circulation of the virus.
Xian, famous for its underground terracotta army, is the new epicenter of the pandemic in the country. There have been more than 1,600 cases detected since December 9.
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