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broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. china is showing its determination to continue with its zero covid strategy, the authorities have put an entire city into lockdown, after the discovery of just three asymptomatic cases. residents won t be allowed to leave their homes in yuzhou, which has a population of 1.2 million. the transport system has been shut down, as well as shops and entertainment venues. only food stores can stay open, and only workers involved in epidemic prevention are allowed out. another city, xi an, with a population of 13 million, has been under lockdown for two weeks. our correspondent, robin brant, sent this report. this is extreme, even by china s standards. a city shut down because ofjust three new cases, with no symptoms. everyone is prohibited from leaving the city, the sign says.
a million plus people are now in lockdown in yuzhou, the latest proof that china is very committed to its zero covid strategy. translation: it doesn t bother me to do a covid test at midnight. it s for our own safety. 300 miles away and two weeks ahead of yuzhou is xi an, a city famed for its terracotta warriors, where 13 million people have now been locked down since before christmas. what started out a fortnight ago with the late night army of officials welding gates shut, has led to this. some people banned from leaving their tower blocks have taken to bartering with their neighbours. cigarettes for vegetables, other goods for sanitary towels. this is what most of china looks like. it s busy. yes, you have to have a mask when you get on the metro
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. china is showing its determination to continue with its zero covid strategy. the authorities have put an entire city into lockdown after the discovery of just three asymptomatic cases. residents won t be allowed to leave their homes in yuzhou, which has a population of 1.2 million. the transport system has been shut down, as well as shops and entertainment venues. only food stores can stay open, and only workers involved in epidemic prevention are allowed out. another city, xi an, with a population of 13 million, has been under lockdown for two weeks. our correspondent robin brant sent us this report. this is extreme, even by china s standards. the city shut down because ofjust three new cases, with no symptoms. everyone is prohibited from leaving the city, the sign says.
his family announced i overnight that he died of cancer at the age of 69. the world s tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines. china locks down a city of more than one million afterjust three reported cases. and as the us hits the highest number of daily infections ever recorded anywhere in the world, president biden urges people to get vaccinated. the tennis men s world number one, novak djokovic, has received a medical exemption to enter australia, bypassing the strict rules that only allow vaccinated people to enter the country. the news means that djokovic,