Written By: gaurav gautam | Updated: Mar 14, 2022, 2:11 PM
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Chinese authorities reported 1,337 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 across dozens of mainland cities on Monday (March 14) as the fast-spreading variant commonly known as “stealth omicron” fuels China’s biggest outbreak in two years.
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The vast majority of the new cases — 895 — were in far northeastern Jilin province, where the COVID-19 task force effectively banned movement throughout the province.
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The surge is infecting people in cities ranging from Shenzhen to Qingdao on the coast, to Xingtai in the north and the numbers have crept steadily higher since early March.
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China has seen very few infections since its strict Wuhan lockdown as the government held fast to its zero-tolerance strategy, which is focused on stopping transmission of the coronavirus as fast as possible, by relying on strict lockdowns and mandatory quarantines for anyone who has come into contact with a positive case.
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Chinese government has indicated it will continue to stick to its strict strategy of stopping transmission for the time being.
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On Sunday (March 13), officials locked down the southern city of Shenzhen which has 17.5 million people and is a major tech and finance hub that neighbors Hong Kong. Caption 7: Shenzhen which has been battling an Omicron surge since late February, will carry out three rounds of citywide COVID-19 tests next week.
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