China Locks Down Lanzhou City Fearing a New COVID Outbreak
China has put Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, under lockdown after a spike in Covid cases was discovered there. 35,700 inhabitants of Ejin cou
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China Locks Down Lanzhou City Fearing a New COVID Outbreak
China has put Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, under lockdown after a spike in Covid cases was discovered there. 35,700 inhabitants of Ejin county in China's Inner Mongolian province were instructed to stay at home starting Monday. Six of the 29 new domestic illnesses were recorded in Lanzhou. Chinese government's harsh actions are part of China's zero Covid-19 policy, which rejects the concept of living with Covid and instead depends heavily on containment tactics to stop it from spreading. The outbreak of Covid spread to 11 provinces, China's National Health Commission issued a warning that the outbreak in Inner Mongolia will increase. Infections spiked in countries like Mongolia and Seychelles that used Chinese Covid-19 vaccinations. Key Highlights According to reports, China has put Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, under lockdown after a spike in Covid cases was discovered there. The virus's delta version is blamed for the current spike in Covid infe…
