China decrees quarantine in Anyang due to Covid-19 outbreak

The authorities of China and the province of Henan (center) ordered this Tuesday a quarantine in the city of Anyang, with more than 5 million inhabitants, due to an outbreak of Covid-19 infections, being the third in recent weeks .

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Authorities are conducting massive coronavirus testing, a standard procedure whenever authorities detect a source of infection.

Anyang reported 58 new local infections in the past 24 hours, adding to 84 in this latest outbreak.

#China quarantines a 3rd city due to a COVID-19 outbreak, bringing the number of inmates nationwide to about 20 million people
-Anyang, of 5.5 million inhabitants, was confined by cases of omicron pic.twitter.com/S1H2h1timl

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January 11, 2022

The local government ordered Anyang taxi and transportation service operators to keep their vehicles within the city, while all ticket sales for Beijing-bound trains and buses have been suspended.

The province has been the hardest hit in China, with a total of 456 cases recorded in the recent outbreak, and Anyang residents join the 1 million people confined in Yozhou in the previous week and the 13 million in Xi’an, since three weeks ago.

More than 2.9 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered in mainland China as of January 10, according to the National Health Commission.