Coronavirus: Tibet’s Potala Palace shut as first Covid-19 cases since 2020 put Lhasa on high alert


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Chinese authorities in Tibet have closed the famed Potala Palace, imposed area lockdowns and started mass testing after the Himalayan region reported its first Covid-19 outbreak in more than 900 days. In the capital Lhasa, some areas at medium or high risk of a coronavirus spread have been placed under five-day lockdowns after 18 people in the city tested positive on Monday. The outbreak was traced to imported cases of the Omicron BA. 2.76 strain and spread rapidly due to family gatherings, local officials said. Some of those infected were members of the same family that had travelled from the...