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A year after Wuhan, China locks down another city of 11 million people to contain a coronavirus flare-up
Updated 3:30 AM ET, Fri January 8, 2021
Residents in the northern Chinese city of Shijiazhuang conduct coronavirus testing on January 6 amid a local outbreak. (CNN)China has locked down a city of 11 million people in its northern province of Hebei, in an effort to contain the country s worst coronavirus flare-up in months.
Residents of Shijiazhuang, a provincial capital close to Beijing, have been barred from leaving the city, as major highways were blocked, train and bus stations closed and flights canceled.
The lockdown comes as a total of 117 Covid-19 infections including 67 asymptomatic cases were detected in Shijiazhuang on Wednesday. Nationwide, China reported 123 local infections for Wednesday, the highest since late October.
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A kindergarten teacher takes temperatures of children on Monday in Shijiazhuang, North China s Hebei Province. The city entered wartime mode after reporting five coronavirus patients and 13 silent carriers over the weekend. Photo: cnsphoto
An incident regarding one COVID-19 super-spreader, who was initially identified as a silent carrier linked to 102 confirmed cases, has continued simmering in China, triggering widespread public concern over the growing rate of silent carriers emerging in recent domestic cluster infections potentially resulting in major outbreaks that are more difficult to control, with discussion arising on whether China needs to implement stricter measures to manage asymptomatic infections.
China has locked down a city of 11 million people in its northern province of Hebei, in an effort to contain the country's worst coronavirus flare-up in months.
China has locked down a city of 11 million people in its northern province of Hebei, in an effort to contain the country s worst coronavirus flare-up in months. Residents of Shijiazhuang, a provincial capital close to Beijing, have been barred from leaving the city, as major highways were blocked, train and bus stations closed and flights canceled. The lockdown comes as a total of 117 COVID-19 infections including 67 asymptomatic cases were detected in Shijiazhuang on Wednesday. Nationwide, China reported 123 local infections for Wednesday, the highest since late October. On Thursday, Shijiazhuang identified another 66 positive cases, according to the Hebei provincial health commission.
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