China's strict travel restrictions in Guangzhou show the country is taking extreme measures to control its COVID numbers and avoid the fate of other Asian nations

The Chinese government is scrambling to suppress a new emergence of COVID cases in the country’s south. Strict travel restrictions and mass-testing procedures were put in place in Guangzhou. The new cases were attributed to a contagious strain of the virus first found in India. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories . China put in place a slate of strict measures to fight COVID in the southern port city of Guangzhou on Monday night in an attempt to suppress a potential fresh wave of cases and avoid the fate of other Asian countries struggling to curb the virus. Strict travel…