China has ordered the residents Changchun to remain home and undergo three rounds of mass testing, while non-essential businesses have been closed and transport links suspended.
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China expands lockdowns as coronavirus cases surge, local political conference delayed
Fresh coronavirus outbreak in the Hebei cities of Shijiazhuang and Xingtai is one of China s most serious in recent months, follwoing which lockdowns have been expanded and a major political conference postponed in a province next to Beijing.
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UPDATED: January 12, 2021 12:50 IST
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk out from a bus station for the traveller from the outskirts of Beijing, China. (Image: AP)
Lockdowns have been expanded and a major political conference postponed in a province next to Beijing that is the scene of China s most serious recent Covid-19 outbreak.