A few months after the rest of the world, China is currently facing its worst outbreak in two years.
So much so that the Chinese government decided on Friday to confine the nine million inhabitants of the city of Changchun, in the northeast of the country.
This is the largest containment announced in China since that of the metropolis of Xi'an (North) and its 13 million inhabitants at the end of last year and for a month.
Now in Changchun, only one person per household is now allowed to go out, once every two days to ensure supplies, said the town hall, which is preparing to screen the entire population.
The town hall ordered the closure of schools and shops as well as public transport.
It is forbidden to leave the city, which has registered several hundred cases in recent days.
Stuck at work for 48 hours
The Omicron strain is the source of localized outbreaks which affected exactly 1,369 people on Friday in the past 24 hours, according to figures from the Ministry of Health.
A figure which remains low compared to the rest of the world, but which is nonetheless the highest for China since the first phase of the epidemic, at the beginning of 2020.
But the strict containment measures weigh on daily life and on the economy.
Municipal authorities have tried in recent months to impose targeted measures, imposing strict confinements only in a few neighborhoods or in places where cases have been recorded.
It happens that people find themselves stuck at their place of work or in restaurants while waiting to be screened.
Waiting for the result can take up to 48 hours.
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