CHINA is building massive Covid quarantine camps and hospitals as cases reach a “critical” all-time high. New images show a vast facility under construction in the city of Guangzhou, where the auth…
Schools, restaurants, gyms, beauty salons, and other facilities have been closed this week.
Beijing's health authority posted a message on Chinese social media platform Weibo saying "the epidemic control situation is at a critical time in the city". Some 412 million people across China are in some kind of lockdown measures in 49 cities, around 30 per cent of the population, investment bank Nomura estimates.
The six million residents of Zhengzhou are also in lockdown after workers at the huge iPhone factory battled hazmat suited security personnel. Meanwhile the northeastern city of Changchun in Jilin province has urged its residents to halt non-essential movement.
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