Shanghai reported a record symptomatic COVID-19 case on Saturday (16/4). Other regions throughout China are now busy imposing COVID-19 restrictions, this country is still putting forward a zero-case COVID-19 strategy when confronted by the Omicron variant.
The Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, a central Chinese manufacturing area that includes Apple supplier Foxconn, announced a 14-day lockdown on Friday, the development of rules adapted to the state of trending COVID-19 cases.
In northwest China, the city of Xi’an on Friday (April 15) urged its citizens to avoid unnecessary travel outside their housing complexes. The government is also pushing for companies to allow employees to work from home, following reports of dozens of COVID-19 infections this month.
A Xi’an government official, responding to residents’ concerns due to the lockdown, is a potential food shortage. He emphasized that the strict rules imposed in Xi’an did not include a lockdown.
Meanwhile, the city of Suzhou, near Shanghai, announced Saturday that all employees who are able to work from home should opt for the option, and residential complexes to companies must avoid unnecessary influx of people and vehicles. Around more than 500 cases of COVID-19 reported
COVID-19 rage in Shanghai
Shanghai itself, which has been the epicenter of China’s recent spike in COVID-19 since early March, as of Saturday (16/4) reported a record 3,590 symptomatic cases and 19,923 asymptomatic cases. The number of asymptomatic cases rose slightly from 19,872 the day before.
The city’s case tally accounts for the vast majority of cases nationally. Even when most of its 25 million population is under lockdown.
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