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Let's move to china. and 13 million people in the northeastern city of xi'an have been ordered to stay at home, as the authorities try to stop a covid outbreakjust weeks before the winter olympics begin. the city, famous for its terracotta warrior sculptures, is now in lockdown. all nonessential businesses and public facilities have been ordered to close. more than 85% of flights have been grounded. mass testing is under way and so—called disease control checkpoints are in operation. the city reported 52 new covid cases on wednesday. our china correspondent steve mcdonell is in beijing. the ...

To have one person go outside every two days to buy essential supplies, long—distance bus stations, in fact, all nonessential services have been closed. nobody�*s being allowed to leave that city without special permission from officials. and it's interesting, because, until recently, chinese officials have been able to control these outbreaks of the coronavirus with quite targeted lockdowns — so neighbourhoods and the like — and we haven't seen an entire large city lock down for quite some time here in china. and i think the proximity of the olympics might have something to do with it...