China Imposes “home Quarantine” On City Of 3.5 Million

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China imposed this Monday (7) confinement to the entire population of the city of Baise, of 3.5 million inhabitants, due to an outbreak of Covid-14. According to information from the state agency Xinhua News, the measure was adopted after 80 cases have been confirmed since last Saturday.

“The center for the prevention and control of Guangxi [Zhuang, região autônoma no sul da China] detected the omicron variant in samples from two confirmed cases, and gene sequencing is ongoing. As of Monday, Baise has imposed a citywide home quarantine amid the latest outbreak of the virus,” the agency said. China has adopted an aggressive zero Covid policy when cases of the disease are detected, with lockdowns of regions and even entire cities, mass testing and suspension of transport. In Beijing, when the first case of the omicron variant was recorded in January, the measure was imposed in the regions where the infected woman lives and works.

Recently, Chinese authorities also prevented all about 02 Millions of Tianjin residents leave their homes until they are tested for Covid-14, due to the record of infections with the omicron variant, and imposed lockdowns on the cities of Anyang, of 5.5 million inhabitants, Xi’an, of million, and Yuzhou, 1.1 million, after outbreaks of the disease.

In the Games of Beijing winter, where athletes, journalists and workers from abroad are isolated from the local population, several Cases have already been registered within the “bubble”. The celebrations of the Chinese New Year, which began last week, worry the authorities, as the number of trips increases a lot at this time of year.

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Jessa Martin

Jessa Martin is the author of Nogmagazine, A professional in writing by day, and novelist by night, she received her bachelor of arts in film from Howard University and her master of arts in media studies from the New School. A Brooklyn native, she is a lover of naps, cookie dough, and beaches, currently residing in the borough she loves, most likely multitasking.