Covid-19 cases continues to grow in China's Xian despite lockdown


n this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, subdistrict office staff carry daily necessities to be delivered to households under closed-off management in Xi'an, in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province, Dec. 29, 2021. Chinese officials promised steady deliveries of groceries to residents of Xi'an, an ancient capital with 13 million people that is currently under the strictest lockdown of a major Chinese city since Wuhan was shut early last year at the start of the pandemic.- AP

BEIJING, Jan 2 (Bloomberg): China’s ongoing outbreak driven by the delta strain in the western city of Xi’an showed little signs of easing despite a strict lockdown of 13 million people.

The city reported more than 170 cases on Saturday and over 120 on Sunday (Jan 2) with many of the new infections involving people who are not close contacts of previously infected people. That indicates spread in the community is still not yet fully accounted for.

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