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The city of Xian in northwest China's Shaanxi province with some 13mn residents went into a lockdown on Thursday following the detection of 234 Covid-19 cases since 9 December. All residents have been ordered to stay indoors, communities have been put under "closed management", and outgoing transport including trains and flights have been cancelled, health authorities said as the city started the third round of nucleic acid testing for all residents. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases at 234 is low for a big city but given China's "zero-Covid" policy, the lockdown is likely to be strictly implemented. Yang Zhanqiu,...
