China locks down a city for three days on one Covid-19 case; others in partial lockdown

A man looks in through a gap in a barrier of a sealed area, amid new lockdown measures in parts of the city to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China July 11, 2022. - Reuters

BEIJING, July 12 (Bloomberg/The Straits Times): A city in one of China's steel hubs is being shut down for three days after a single Covid-19 infection was found there.

Wugang in Henan province announced a citywide lockdown starting July 11, making it the latest Chinese city to enact strict mobility curbs amid the country's ongoing Covid flare-up.