Highlights
- Corona cases increased in Xian, China despite Covid lockdown
- In the last 20 days in Xi’an, around 1500 total corona cases
- 1 crore 30 lakh people of Shiyan are in strict lockdown for 10 days
Amidst the lockdown in the Chinese city of Xian for the last 10 days, the number of cases of Covid-19 continued to increase there on the New Year. More than 1,500 cases of infection have been reported in the city in almost three weeks, while 200 new cases have been reported in other parts of the country. Shiyan is a popular tourist center and houses the famous Terracotta Warriors Museum. 122 new cases of infection were reported in the city on Saturday. Officials gave this information.
Total 1573 corona cases in 20 days in Shiyan
According to the news of the official news agency ‘Xinhua’, more than 1,573 cases of infection have been reported in Xi’an, capital of northwest Shanxi province, since December 9. Due to the increase in cases, people are not left with food to eat due to unnecessary strictness in the lockdown. At the same time, Chinese officials have claimed that enough food is being supplied to the people. In this city, one crore 30 lakh people are imprisoned in their homes for the last nine days.
Complete ban on people coming out of their homes
According to the BBC report, compared to the lockdown imposed in countries around the world, Chinese people cannot go out even for essential reasons like buying food. The government claims that the supply of food is the same as before, but many people on social media say that they have not yet received the food items. Many people have mentioned about the situation like starvation.
China is imposing lockdown even after a minor case
The announcement of the lockdown in Shiyan has been made recently after the increase in the cases of corona. In the last days of the year, once again the cases of corona in China have increased rapidly. Yet this number is not even one percent of the daily corona cases in India and other countries. China is already infamous for hiding the actual figures of infection. In such a situation, no one has been able to find the actual corona cases in Xian. At the same time, after the case of Omicron in early December, China has increased more strictness.
no one can go out without corona test
Initially, China allowed residents of Xi’an city to go out once every two days to buy food and other basic items, one person per family. But on Monday the rules were tightened. People are not being allowed to go out without getting tested for corona virus. Now getting the corona test done every time to get the goods has become a problem for the residents of Shiyan.
(with input from agency)
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