China has strict anti-covid restrictions. | Font: EFE
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Authorities Chengdu (center) announced that the city of more than 21 million people will begin quarantine this Thursday to deal with an “extremely complex and serious pandemic situation.”
The local government said on its official Wechat social media account that “all residents will in principle be required to stay in their homes” from 6 p.m. local time and that each family will be able to “nominate a member” to leave. buy products. if the person has a negative test PCR made in the previous 24 hours.
Citizens who “perform the main tasks of city operation” and “epidemic prevention” will be able to enter and leave microdistricts with a special electronic pass.
In addition, the authorities prohibit the exit of residents of the municipal district of the city of St. Chengduexcept in “exceptional cases”, which will only be approved if the person had a negative PCR test result in the previous 24 hours.
Chengduwith a population of 21.1 million and a municipality larger than Puerto Rico, will conduct PCR tests on all of its residents between Thursday and Sunday.
Public taxi and bicycle services have been suspended, although the city has decided not to paralyze public transport, but rather “regulate its frequency.”
City, provincial capital Sichuanone of the most populous in the country, is one of the main economic poles in central and western China.
Heat wave
The city has also been in the news this summer due to a heat wave and drought unprecedented in decades that has led to a curtailment of energy use in some industries.
Chengdu It has already introduced selective confinement in recent days in areas affected by the outbreaks, which resulted in 106 new symptomatic cases and 51 asymptomatic cases this Wednesday, according to official figures.
The Asian country has recently reported outbreaks in various parts of its geography, ranging from the tropical southern island of Hainan, through Sichuan itself, to the remote western region of Tibet, where no cases have been reported for two years.
For more than two years, China has been adhering to its policy Zero COVID: Since the outbreaks were reported in the spring, residents of large Chinese cities must undergo several weekly PCR tests to be able to go to public places, and restrictions are being introduced in areas where a case has been detected. (EFE)
Source: RPP
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