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China tests millions of people after coronavirus flareups in three cities
Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week.
Key points:
- Schools in the cities of Tianjin and Manzhouli have been shut down altogether after small coronavirus clusters were detected
- After a COVID outbreak, Shanghai’s international airport collected more than 17,000 tests from its workers in chaotic scenes posted to social media
- Chinese authorities have said other countries don’t have the ability to bring coronavirus cases down to zero
As temperatures drop, widescale measures are being enacted in Tianjin, Shanghai and Manzhouli, even though the number of new cases remains low…
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