Yuzhou in China locks up 1.1 million people amid COVID-19 fears – S


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A Chinese city has locked up its 1.1 million residents after reports of new coronavirus cases rushed to contain even small outbreaks just over four weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics. The borders of the city of Yuzhou, in central Henan province, are similar to those imposed for nearly two weeks in the Xian industrial hub, which has become the last epicenter of COVID-19 in China. Yuzhou, 700 km southwest of Beijing, ordered all residents to stay inside and not to leave the city, the local Communist Party said in a statement on Monday. “So far, the source...