Millions neighboring Beijing under lockdown as Hebei vows resolute epidemic control
CHINA / SOCIETY By GT staff reporters Published: Jan 12, 2021 09:35 PM Residents line up to take nucleic acid test at a community in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei Province, on January 7, 2021. Photo: VCG About 22 million people in three cities of Hebei Province neighboring the capital Beijing have been placed under COVID-19 lockdown as of Tuesday, twice the size of the population that was put under lockdown during the Wuhan epidemic, as Hebei has vowed to take resolute measures to prevent the epidemic from spreading to the capital. The lockdown measures in Hebei cities - Shijiazhua...