![]() ![]() ![]() Hong Kong recorded 26,908 cases and 286 more deaths on Monday, officials said. Shanghai has so far avoided a full-scale lockdown.Īcross the border from Shenzhen, neighboring Hong Kong is also still tackling its deadliest wave yet, driven by Omicron. Shanghai-based virologist Zhang Wenhong called the flare-up "the most difficult moment in the past two years" of China's efforts to stamp out the virus. The epicenter of the omicron variant outbreak is the Northeastern Jilin province, where 895 cases were recorded, but there are also outbreaks and containment measures in place Shanghai, the financial powerhouse, and Shenzhen, the southern tech hub. That's a fourfold jump in a week.Īlthough record case numbers are testing the resilience of China's no-tolerance approach, there is no sign the country is willing to pivot to 'living with the virus." Two years on, it's now sending tens of millions of people into lockdown in the entire northeastern province of Jilin, where 24 million people live, and the southern cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan, with 17.5 million and 10 million, respectively.Ĭhina, the last major country to relentlessly pursue a COVID-zero policy, reported 1,437 cases across dozens of cities on Monday. HONG KONG - China is facing its worst COVID crisis since early 2020, when the world first witnessed an entire population locked down to contain the coronavirus in Wuhan and its surrounding province. China is facing its worst COVID crisis since early 2020 Former President Barack Obama says he tested positive for the coronavirus. ![]()
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