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In my form, probably about, like, ten kids off at least. what, before christmas? yeah, yeah. how do you feel about wearing the masks again? well, ifeel like now ive gotten used to it, i dont think id mind it as much if you have a comfortable mask. it obviously protects other people, doesnt it? youre happy to do it? yeah, yeah. the gates of this school, like all other secondary schools in england, will this week starts to open for mass testing. its one of ten schools in an academy chain which alr...

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Tightened regulations. last week, each household was still being allowed to send out one representative every other day to do the grocery shopping. that privilege has been suspended as authorities try to further restrict the movement of people to curb the community spread of the virus. that policy from chinese governments perspective has been working well for them when officials point to the fast spread of omicron outside of chinese borders. but that also cleans in xian, authorities are doubling...

That is an open question. >> all right, nic, always great to have your analysis. thank you. in china, a city of 13 million people is under lockdown purporting the most daily covid cases in the city of china since the pandemics original epicenter in wuhan in 2020. steven zhang is in wuhan. what are you learning? >> reporter: paula, just to put things in perspective, the record breaking was 175 locally reported cases in xian. here in this country its a huge deal because of their continued insist...

Stringent way possible, something we really havent seen since the peak of the pandemic in this country when wuhan was still the epicenter. as you said, since last week, the authorities have confined the citys 13 million residents mostly to their homes with a few exceptions such as allowing each household to send out one representative every other day to do grocery shopping. but even that privilege, if you will, has just been suspended according to the latest local news reports because they have ...

According to the latest local news reports, because now theyre doing another round of city wide testing. this is part of their by now familiar playbook, mass testing, mass quarantine and extensive contract testing. they have blamed this latest on a flight from pakistan, but there are still some unanswered questions in terms of this chain of transmission. thats a major source of concern, which is why we are seeing some of the rather over the top measures being adopted there, including the city no...

Infections there. 63 new cases were recorded on wednesday, the most since the outbreak began two weeks ago. more than 200 infections have been registered since then. and mass testing is already underway. china has now basically blocked off xian, just as it did with wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic last year. wuhan is among several major chinese cities that have endured strict lockdowns. some 12 million people there were affected, and more now from saleena wang. >> reporter: the chinese city ...

Of individuals. in china, it is a strict zero covid strategy. —— right around the world, it is clear managing the pandemic remains a difficult task. two years on, and the balance is still difficult to strike. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. in china, 13 million people in the city of xian have now been put into a full lockdown. officials in the city reported 52 cases of covid—i9 on tuesday. thats a small number compared to many other countries, but china has a strict zero—covid strategy, using...

Weeks they have been trying to contain the cluster of cases since december 9. the city reported more than 200 covid-19 cases which by international standards and comparing it to outbreaks were seeing in other parts of the world, it sounds like a small number of cases. but in china where they are pursuing this zero-covid strategy, they are responding by locking down xian and residents. they are largely leaving their homes, but one person, designated person from each household can go out once ever...