China is placing more than 51 million people into lockdown as a new COVID wave hits three provinces.
Highlights
- China 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.
- 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.
- Apple supplier Foxconn has shut two of its plants in the area and relocated production elsewhere.
- Hong Kong recorded 26,908 cases and 286 more deaths on Monday, officials said, with the death toll in Hong Kong highest in the developed world.