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China Locks Down 400,000 People After Virus Spike

Health China Locks Down 400,000 People After Virus Spike
JUN 29, 2020 LISTEN

China has reinstated a strict lockdown near Beijing, affecting around 400,000 people, after a surge in cases.

The restrictions have come into force in the Anxin country in Hebei province.

Only essential workers are allowed to leave their homes, while one member of a household is allowed to go out once a day to shop for necessities.

After the pandemic emerged in China at the end of last year, the country has managed to get new infections to a consistently low level.

To avoid a second wave, even small surges are taken very seriously by the country’s health authorities.

---BBC

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