The city of Shenzhen imposed a home quarantine on its 17 million residents following discovering 66 new infections with the virus CoronaThis coincides with recording record daily infection numbers at the national level.
According to france24, the authorities closed schools in Shanghai, and also imposed a stone in many northeastern cities, at a time when regarding 19 provinces are working to contain local outbreaks of the “Omicron” and “Delta” mutant.
Also, Chinese local authorities announced the imposition of home quarantine on the 17 million residents of Shenzhen, in southern China, following 66 new infections with the Corona virus were recorded.
After closing non-essential places and banning restaurants from opening in recent days, the city authorities, which includes technology giants such as “Huawei and Tencent”, asked residents to stay in their homes in the face of the outbreak of infections. Omicron.
3,393 injuries in China
It should be noted that China Yesterday, Sunday, 3,393 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded, in a record daily toll since the outbreak of the pandemic began in February 2020, according to the National Health Committee, while the authorities are rushing to cordon off the outbreaks by imposing a closure in the concerned areas.
Imposing home quarantine and closing schools
The authorities closed schools in Shanghai, and also imposed a quarantine in many northeastern cities, at a time when regarding 19 provinces were working to contain local outbreaks of the “Omicron” and “Delta” mutant. A partial closure was announced in the large city of Jilin in northeastern China, affecting hundreds of neighborhoods in it. In Yangi, with a population of 700,000, on the border with North Korea, a complete closure was imposed.
Zero covid policy
It is reported that China adopts a “zero Covid” policy. It is dealing with new outposts through local closure measures, mass testing of the population, and the application of tracing the infected and contacts, and the country’s borders are still almost closed. However, this record number of daily infections caused by the omicron mutant destabilized this approach.
Perhaps this strict approach, which is spreading more and more in China, prompted several officials to call for less stringent and more targeted measures to contain the virus, while economists warn that the strict measures are harming the country’s economy. In Shenzhen, with a population of regarding 13 million people, bordering Hong Kong, residents expressed concern regarding the surge in infections and the strict response of the health authorities, who imposed the closure on the entire Futian region.
Hong Kong records the highest death rate
Hong Kong currently has the highest death rate in the world; Omicron is most prevalent among the elderly who are still hesitant to receive the vaccine.
Thousands of foreigners have also left the city, mostly due to the closure of schools and the severe restrictions imposed that prevent any gathering or movement, but the health policy followed in China has become softer and targeted since the start of the rise in infections in February compared to the measures taken in December when a complete stone was imposed on the city of Xi’an and its population Their number is 13 million for two weeks.
With the number of infections rising, the National Health Administration announced Friday that it will allow the use of rapid tests, which may constitute an additional relaxation of the health policy.