China on Friday ordered a blockade of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a further increase in COVID-19[feminine[femininecases in the area attributed to the highly contagious omicron variant.
Residents must stay home, with a family member allowed to go out and buy food and other basic necessities every two days. All residents must undergo three rounds of mass testing, while non-essential businesses have been closed and transportation links suspended.
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Recent blockades, which also include Yucheng with 500,000 people in the eastern province of Shandong, show that China is adhering to the draconian approach of the pandemic that it has applied for most of the past two years, despite some previous indications that the authorities would be implementing more. targeted measures.
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China reported another 397 cases of local transmission across the country on Friday, 98 of them in Jilin province, which surrounds Changchun, a center of the country’s auto industry. Across the province, cases have surpassed 1,100 since the last outbreak occurred late last week.
Only two cases were reported in Changchun on Friday, with a total of 78 in recent days. Authorities have repeatedly pledged to block any community where one or more cases are under China’s “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic.
A further 93 cases were confirmed in the nearby city of Jilin, which bears the same name as the surrounding province. Authorities have already ordered a partial blockade on the city and cut off travel links to other cities.
Officials from Jilin University of Agricultural Science and Technology have been fired after a group of infections were reported on campus and students complained on social media that those who tested positive were confined to school libraries and other buildings in poor condition.
The school has registered 74 confirmed cases and transferred more than 6,000 people to quarantine, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Aerial footage showed students dressed in dangerous material queuing in the cold and darkness waiting to be moved.
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