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The Tibet autonomous region announced on Monday solid progress in reaching zero COVID-19 transmission at the community level in five of its seven prefecture-level cities, while COVID-19 infections have sprung up in other regions across the country, mainly in Sichuan and Hebei provinces and Tianjin.
Officials in Chengde, Hebei province apologized on Tuesday for a notice threatening excessive consequences for those who don't cooperate with efforts in controlling the COVID-19 epidemic, according to a statement by local authorities.
Millions in new COVID lockdown as China keeps strict policy | 2022-08-30 19:31:32
China has placed millions of its citizens under lockdown following fresh outbreaks of COVID-19
The measures affect about 3 million people in the city of Dalian, along with an undisclosed number in in Hebei province several hours from capital Beijing.