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Stringent way possible, something we really haven't 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 city's 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 just begun another round of citywide testing. now, this, of course, by now is part of their famili...

According to the latest local news reports, because now they're 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. that's 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 now in the middle of a city wide disinfection campaign, with officials warning residents to close wi...

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 xi'an, 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 xi'an and its 13 million residents put under lockdown. the city has reported over 200

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 xi'an have now been put into a full lockdown. officials in the city reported 52 cases of covid—i9 on tuesday. that's a small number compared to many other countries, but china has a strict zero—covid strategy, using mass testing and lockdown to try to stop outbreaks. the country is on high alert for covid as it ...

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 we're 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 xi'an and residents. they are largely leaving their homes, but one person, designated person from each household can go out once every two days to get groceries. and local authorities are saying the only other time they can leave i...