Health authorities in Shenyang, China have reported four thousand, seven hundred and seventy new covid cases, as the nation continued fight to ensure a zero-covid nation.
In order to strengthen the fight against the virus, the Chinese Government moved fast and announced a lockdown across the city and barred residents’ movement without a 48-hour negative test result.
Shenyang, an industrial city of nine million people, also recorded two death cases over the weekend, the first in over a year.
Authorities have, however, warned of the risk posed by persistent lockdowns as the country strives to balance between the health crisis and the Chinese economy.
It can be recalled that China in recent weeks have moved fast to snuff out virus clusters with a pick-and-mix of hyper-local lockdowns, mass testing and citywide closures.
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