China’s Shenzhen to adopt tiered COVID measures; Chengdu extends lockdown
- 05-Sep-2022
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen said it will adopt tiered anti-virus restriction measures starting on Monday, while the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu announced an extension of lockdown curbs, as the country grapples with fresh outbreaks. Shenzhen, which went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday, announced a new round of COVID-19 testing, and vowed […]
Beijing introduces more COVID measures as cases mount before Olympics
- 24-Jan-2022
BEIJING: Beijing’s city government on Sunday introduced new measures to contain a recent outbreak of COVID-19, as China’s capital continued to report new local cases of the virus less than two weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. Nine locally transmitted cases were found in Beijing on Jan. 22, the National Health Commission said […]