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China extends lockdown in parts of Chengdu, expands mass testing

People lineup for a Covid-19 test in Beijing, on Sept 3, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PUBLISHED SEP 4, 2022, 10:50 AM SGT
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BEIJING - China extended its lockdown in districts of western megacity Chengdu and ordered more mass testing there from Sunday as it tries to contain a Covid-19 outbreak.
Chengdu's central Jinjiang district will further intensify lockdowns and extend control measures for at least three days starting from Sunday,
the authorities said in a statement. Other districts also announced a
third round of Covid-19 tests on Sunday.
People should return home immediately after being tested, the officials said. Chengdu's lockdown, which started on Thursday, demonstrates
China's commitment to its Covid-zero approach despite the huge economic
loss it has triggered.
The nation's sixth-largest city is the biggest to be closed off since Shanghai on June 1 ended two months of curbs on people's movement, the effects of which are still being felt by businesses.
Demand in Shanghai for everything from dining out to movies and tourism
are still far below pre-lockdown levels, while some indicators show the
city is taking longer to recover than Hong Kong and Singapore where
rules have been eased.
Retail sales in the city dropped 4.3 per cent in June from a year
earlier and rose a meager 0.3 per cent in July, following an average 35
per cent slump in the preceding three months starting March, when the outbreak began.
Nationwide, China reported 1,673 local Covid-19 cases for Saturday, including 1,359 that are asymptomatic.
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Sichuan province, home to Chengdu, reported 186. Southern technology hub Shenzhen reported 89 new cases.
Daily new infections in the coming few days are expected to remain at elevated levels, local health authorities said at a Saturday briefing. Beijing and Shanghai found only one case each.
Tianjin, the northern port hub near Beijing, shut dine-in service in one district after finding 22 new cases for Saturday. The city started mass testing its 13.7 million residents from Sunday.
A'ba state, home to some 815,000 people in Sichuan province, implemented
a lockdown to its 13 counties on Sunday. The restrictions will last for
at least four days, local authorities said in a statement. BLOOMBERG

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It's good that China has taken action to preempt the spread of virus in the country. They will screen and test them before they get out of hand.

China cannot to lose the steam of its economy because of Covid. What is needed is the cooperation of the Chinese people to carry out tests.

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