Covid 19 coronavirus: Facing new outbreaks, China places over 22 million on lockdown 13 Jan, 2021 06:58 PM 7 minutes to read Medical workers in a protective suits take swab from residents near a residential area in Shijiazhuang in north China's Hebei province. Photo / AP Medical workers in a protective suits take swab from residents near a residential area in Shijiazhuang in north China's Hebei province. Photo / AP New York Times By: Steven Lee Myers The country is experiencing its worst coronavirus flare-up since last summer, testing the government's success in subduing the disease. When a handful of new coronavirus cases materialised this month in a province surrounding Beijing —