The measures affect about half of the 6 million residents of the port city of Dalian, along with an undisclosed number in Chengde and Shijiazhuang in Hebei province, both around three hours from Beijing.
Residents wearing face masks wait in line to get their routine COVID-19 throat swabs at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. A Chinese think tank issued a rare public disagreement on Monday with the ruling Communist Party's severe"zero COVID" policy, saying curbs that shut down cities and disrupt trade, travel and industry must change to prevent an"economic stall.
Dalian’s lockdown was due to last five days, although authorities have in past extended restrictions depending on the number of new cases. Partial lockdowns have also been imposed on cities such as Chengdu in the southwest, Shenyang in the northeast and Jishui in the southeast.'s “zero-COVID" policy, which contrasts starkly with moves by other nations to coexist with the virus through gradual easing of restrictions, vaccinations, improved therapeutics and voluntary isolation.
The World Health Organization has called China's policy unsustainable and on Monday, a Chinese think tank issued a rare public disagreement with the ruling Communist Party, saying the curbs that have shut down cities and disrupted trade, travel and industry must change to prevent an “economic stall.”
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