China imposes Covid lockdown in Xi’an after handful of cases
Zero-Covid strategy shuts down north-central city of 13 million following 18 reported cases of Omicron
Businesses, schools and restaurants in Xi’an will close for one week, officials have said, after the Chinese city logged a handful of Covid-19 cases as outbreaks nationwide strain Beijing’s zero-tolerance virus approach.
China is the last major economy wedded to a zero-Covid strategy, deploying snap lockdowns, quarantines and travel curbs in a bid to weed out new infections.
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