Beijing Mar 14 : In what could be a worrisome news for neighbouring India, China may be gearing up for the worst COVID-19 crisis since Wuhan as cases have tripled in the recent weeks, reported news agency PTI. After topping 1,000 new cases for two days in a row, new locally transmitted cases in China surged to more than 3,100, the National Health Commission reported on Sunday.
This is the highest in two years. The situation is such that China is on the brink of its biggest COVID-19 crisis since Wuhan, the Post report said.
Shuts high-tech Shenzhen city
China’s high-tech Shenzhen city, which has a population of over 17 million, was the latest to shut down to control the surge of COVID-19 cases, as the government scrambled to contain the worst outbreak of virus cases in the last two years. Shenzhen will seal all communities, villages and suspend bus and metro services from Monday to Sunday due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak, state-run China Daily reported on Sunday.
Shenzhen, which has been battling an Omicron surge since late February, will carry out three rounds of citywide COVID-19 tests next week. In a statement, city authorities urged the residents to work from home and to step out only to buy daily necessities. All outbound travellers from Shenzhen must submit negative nucleic acid test results taken within the previous 24 hours, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.