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We've had the same number of pcr and antigen tests in the same period. the lockdown is tightening. anderson, you have fences going up. people in some parts of the city being caged in. more roads being barricaded this week. there are no real signs of any easing of this lockdown, and even when the government now tries to reassure that there is a road map out of this, people are no longer buying it. anderson, there is a major credibility issue with officials now. >> so, wait, can you leave your house, your apartment? >> so, i can technically leave with permission from the community liaison. i've ...

Officials because this is the city we are talking about. it is only 50 kilometers from beijing, the capital, and a lot of people commute between the two cities. and in beijing, meanwhile, officials there are trying to quash this outbreak as early as possible in order to avoid the failure and the chaos that we saw in shanghai. already beijing is in a partial lockdown. and whether or not that becomes a city-wide full lockdown depends on how many cases are reported as a result of the mass testing. right now 20 million residents are getting tested in several rounds over the coming days, and so far...

A lockdown like shanghai because of a small but growing covid outbreak in the chinese capitol. here's more. >> reporter: another day of mass testing for millions here in beijing. there will be three rounds of it for most districts before the end of the week to control these small outbreaks. there is a lot of anxiety here that a lockdown may be coming. that's triggered panic buying at supermarkets where some store shelves were stripped bare, despite assurances from the city that they do have enough food. they are worried after seeing the chaos in shanghai withshort and people not able to get me...

Covid rules keeping schiano at a standstill, covid is still rampant. more than 21,000 cases added saturday and 39 deaths and now lockdown fears spreading in beijing authorities announcing mass testing triggering panic buying at stores with most items wiped from shelves and long lines of people anxious to stock up weary of the chaos that shortage cause inside schiano captured in audio recordings that went viral across social media this this weekend. there ain't no water, no food, says a man. censors removed it the government insisting lockdown measures will only be lifted when covid is eliminat...

To go to a centralised quarantine centre, almost 17,000 today. that would seem to indicate that it's going to take some time for that city to get back to zero infections, to enable them to lift the lockdown. and it's fears of this type of extended lockdown where maybe for months on end people are having to stay in their homes, that is what is fuelling concerns in beijing. i suppose some will be hoping that this mass testing might narrow down the areas of infection in the city and they possibly won't have to go into lockdown, but who knows? certainly with the omicron variant it is very hard to ...