Yuzhou, a city with a population of around 1.17 million people in Henan province, announced that from Monday night all citizens were required to stay home to control the spread of the virus. | World News
Summary
- More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were recorded in the country’s latest mass lockdown.
- Yuzhou, a city with a population of around 1.17 million people in Henan province, announced that from Monday night all citizens were required to stay home to control the spread of the virus.
- The city had already announced that it was halting bus and taxi services and closing shopping malls, museums, and tourist attractions.
- There were 95 fresh cases recorded in Xi’an Tuesday – a historic city of 13 million people in neighbouring Shaanxi province – which has been under lockdown for nearly two weeks.
- And last month, China’s disciplinary body announced that dozens of officials were punished for failure to prevent the outbreak in the city.