September 1, 2022, 9:53 AM
September 1, 2022, 9:53 AM
The Chinese city of Chengdu, with about 20 million inhabitants and located in the southwest of the country, is under confinement from this Thursday with the aim of curbing a new outbreak of covid-19.
China It is the last major economy in the world that continues to apply the so-called “zero covid” strategy to eradicate the virus based on restrictions on international travel, quarantines, massive tests and severe confinements.
The Chengdu authorities released an official document in which residents are urged to “stay home in principle” from 6:00 p.m. Thursday to fight a new wave of infections.
Each household will be able to send one person a day to buy groceries and essential goods, but they must have taken a negative test in the last 24 hours, according to the document.
Between Thursday and Sunday, all residents will be tested and the authorities asked that they not leave the city unless it was “absolutely necessary”.
“The current state of epidemic control is abnormal, complex and grim,” the document states. The measures, according to the writing, they intend to “resolutely stop the spread of the outbreak and guarantee the health of all citizens”.
Chengdu recorded 157 new local infections on Thursday, of whom 51 had no symptoms, the city government said in a separate statement
In other parts of China, children in at least 10 cities and provinces face the interruption of the new academic year, as pandemic controls force schools to adopt measures such as online learning, according to a report published Thursday by a media outlet affiliated with the state-run Diario del Pueblo.
In Shenzhen (south), a large border metropolis of Hong Kong, the authorities announced Thursday night the establishment of new restrictions in the Nanshan district, home to many local technology giants such as Tencent (video games, internet) and ZTE (telecommunications).
entertainment venues such as bars, cinemas and karaoke bars, were ordered to close, detailed the district authorities in a statement.
The people of Nanshan they are also required to submit a negative PCR test of less than 24 hours to enter their residential complexes.
