SHENZHEN: Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday (Sep 3) as mass COVID-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people. The lockdown, and the suspension of bus and subway services, came into effect two days after city authorities said rumo
SHENZHEN: Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as mass COVID-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people.
"Internet users agreed, leaving comments that strengthening the prevention and control of the epidemic on weekends in some districts of Shenzhen is the fastest and most effective way to break the chain of virus transmission." One person from each household will be allowed out from their compound once over the two days to buy food, medicines and necessities, the six districts said.
"The fear of going places, the constant disruption to work, has to be worse than the virus itself," she said, declining to give her full name. A Foxconn plant in the city that makes Apple iPads was operating normally as of Friday evening, according to a statement sent to Reuters on Saturday. Chengdu city authorities on Saturday announced a slight easing of the city's current lockdown regime, which involves working from home and daily mass testing until Sunday.
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