China has imposed a lockdown in the northeastern city of Changchun, with a population of 9 million, amid a new spike in coronavirus cases. Under this, people have to stay at home and undergo three rounds of mass testing. Non-essential businesses have been closed and transport links have been suspended. As of March 11, China has registered 397 cases of local transmission across the country. Of this, 98 are close to Changchun in Jilin Province.
Global Times reports that nucleic acid tests will be conducted in Changchun, the capital of Jilin province in northeast China, to achieve the zero-covid policy as soon as possible. Along with this, three more rounds of nucleic acid tests will be done so that all hidden cases are discovered. Since March 8, 48 new cases of COVID have been seen in Changchun.
Zhang Jingguo, director of the Changchun Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told the Global Times that the first case found in Changchun had a travel history to the COVID-affected area. He has told that doing a genome study of 11 cases of Changchun has shown that all of them are strains of the Omicron variant. Jingguo has said that the epidemic situation in Changchun is still increasing and the number of cases is expected to increase in a short time.