China sees rise in new Covid-19 cases despite curbs

A staff member from the center for disease control and prevention collects a swab from a seafood stall for nucleic acid testing, at a market in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China January 20, 2021. - Reuters

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters): China reported a rise in new Covid-19 cases despite a flurry of recent measures to contain the latest outbreak in the north-east, with Heilongjiang province recording its biggest daily increase in new patients to date,

Tens of millions of residents in Hebei province surrounding Beijing, the north-eastern Jilin province and Heilongjiang have been put into lockdown in recent weeks amid what is the worst wave of new infections since March 2020.