China locks down 21 million individuals in Chengdu as COVID-19 cases increase

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Chinese authorities locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million individuals, following a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Photos of empty grocery store racks and Chengdu homeowners rushing to hoard groceries went viral on social networks with the order provided just 6 hours prior to working.
China is the last big economy wedded to a zero-COVID policy, marking out infection flare-ups with breeze shutdowns, mass screening, and prolonged quarantines.
Chengdu, in the southwest, ended up being the most recent city to reveal a shutdown, stating in a main notification locals should “stay at home in concept” from 6pm (10: 00 GMT) on Thursday to fight a new age of infections.

Al Jazeera’s Leah Harding reports.

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