China: more than 300,000 residents of Wugang confined after the discovery of a single case of Covid-19

The 320,000 inhabitants of Wugang, in central China, are confined on Tuesday following the discovery of a case of Covid-19.

Here, a confined Shanghai district on May 6, 2022. REUTERS - ALY SONG

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The 320,000 inhabitants of Wugang, a major steel center in central China, were confined on Tuesday July 12 after the discovery of a case of Covid-19.

And this while travel restrictions are back in many provinces.

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Residents of Wugang cannot leave their homes until Wednesday, July 13.

According to the notice from the town hall

, these three days of confinement should make it possible to prevent any contagion after the discovery of a case of contamination.

An advisory that comes after the Center for Disease Prevention and Control reported the rise in the number of positive cases in and around Henan Province, including Anhui where 1.7 million people were in lockdown over the week last.

Closure of entertainment venues

By removing

, which marks the passage through cities where cases of infection have been discovered, the central government wanted to revive interregional travel and tourism.

Except that outbreaks have since reappeared, leading local authorities to close the hatches.

In the same province of Henan, the 700,000 inhabitants of Qinyang have been under cover since Sunday July 10.

Restrictions and semi-lockdown measures have also been put in place, with closed entertainment areas for 6 million residents of the cities of Lanzhou, in the northwestern province of Gansu, as well as in Danzhou and Haikou, on Hainan Island in southeast China, reports

.

As for the 6.3 million in the city of Nanchang, in the southern province of Jiangxi, they have also been deprived of entertainment venues since this weekend.

More than 200 million Chinese people restricted in their movements

This rebound of the Omicron variant raises fears of the return of restrictions.

With 378 new cases reported in nine days,

magazine reported Tuesday evening

.

Districts in the Chinese capital have also reportedly warned their residents to stockpile food for 14 days.

According to the Japanese bank Nomura, 250 million Chinese are now subject to and face travel restrictions.

Among them, 30 million would be confined, for 347 new positive cases reported throughout the territory.  

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