{"id":148958,"date":"2022-01-05T19:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T19:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=148958"},"modified":"2022-01-05T19:23:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T19:23:22","slug":"entire-city-of-1-2-million-people-in-full-lockdown-after-just-three-covid-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/entire-city-of-1-2-million-people-in-full-lockdown-after-just-three-covid-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Entire city of 1.2 million people in full lockdown after just three Covid cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just three confirmed Covid cases have plunged a city of almost 1.2 million people into a total lockdown.<\/p>\n

All three of the positive test results came from people who had no symptoms, but were deemed enough to enforce everyone in the Chinese city of Yuzhou to stay at home.<\/p>\n

Local authorities announced a ban on Monday of all vehicles including public transport until further notice.<\/p>\n

Strict no-nonsense measures are understood to have been implemented across China to prevent coronavirus impacting its Winter Olympics set to kick off on February 4.<\/p>\n

The 1.2 million in Yuzhou join more than 13 million others in the country currently facing tight lockdown orders.<\/p>\n

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China has said it wants to be Covid-free before the Olympics begin and local officials face the sack if cases are found in their jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

All shops, entertainment and leisure venues have been closed and only businesses that \u201cguarantee the supply of daily life materials\u201d can be open, the Mirror reports.<\/p>\n

Officials from the Communist Party in Yuzhou, about 400 miles southwest of the capital Beijing, said in a statement: "So far, the source of the virus is unknown, the number of cases is unclear.<\/p>\n

"The virus control and prevention situation in our city is very severe.<\/p>\n

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