Guangzhou is a large business and industrial center with a population of 15 million. City authorities have reported 20 new infections in the past week. And although the figure is small, this situation with the coronavirus has alarmed the Chinese authorities. They decided to close a large area in quarantine where cases of the disease were found.
On Saturday, residents of five streets in Liwan District in downtown Guangzhou were ordered to stay at home. Also bStreet markets, kindergartens and entertainment venues were closed. Food in the restaurant on the premises was prohibited. Primary school students in schools ordered to stop the face-to-face studies.
Also in four surrounding areas, residents have been ordered to restrict outdoor activities.
In addition, the city has ordered testing of hundreds of thousands of residents after the initial infection. The government said about 700,000 people had been tested by Wednesday.
New cases of coronavirus are known to have been brought in from overseas. Local media talk about A 75-year-old woman who was diagnosed with the Indian variant of the coronavirus on May 21. The rest of the sick went to dinner with her or live together.
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