Sweeping Lockdowns As China Battles Covid Before Olympics


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Authorities are trying to curb outbreaks in several provinces with officials in Beijing restricting access to tourist sites and advising residents not to leave the city unless necessary Tens of thousands of people in northern China were under strict stay-at-home orders on Monday as authorities sought to stamp out a growing Covid outbreak in the run-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics. Bus services were suspended in some areas, while people in other parts of the north werebracing for morelockdowns and curbs. Officials in the Chinese capital restricted access to tourist sites and advised residents not to leave the city unless...