Northern China's Harbin in semi-shutdown after first Covid-19 cases since February

Harbin told its residents to avoid leaving town unless for essential reasons. - Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters): China's northeastern city of Harbin, population 10 million, went into semi-shutdown after reporting new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases for the first time since early February.

Three of 16 new local cases reported in China for Sept 21 were in Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Wednesday (Sept 22). The last reported locally transmitted cases in the city were on Feb 4.