China returns to strict COVID-19 limits to fight a new outbreak


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China returns to strict COVID-19 limits to fight a new outbreak June 9, 2021 at 9:43 am Updated June 9, 2021 at 1:33 pm A nurse administers a Sinopharm vaccine in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in May. Mongolia has had large numbers of coronavirus infections despite vaccinating half its population. (Khasar Sandag / The New York Times) By KEITH BRADSHER The New York Times BEIJING — Neighborhoods under strict lockdown. Thousands quarantined. Millions tested in mere days. Overseas arrivals locked up for weeks and sometimes months. China has followed variations of that formula for dealing with the coronavirus for more than a...