Coronavirus: China returns to lockdowns “like two years ago” and quarantines more than 36 million people
Schools closed, teleworking and packages sprayed with disinfectant at the doors of the house.
The scenes that took place two years ago in China, in the hardest period of the confinement that it tried to stop the expansion of the covid-, have returned to some large cities in the Asian giant.
Millions of people throughout the country now face harsh restrictions due to the rebound in coronavirus cases.
Among the areas affected by new measures are some nerve centers of the country such as the technological center Shenzhen and the megacity of Shanghai.
Even large multinational companies have stopped some operations as China expands the confined areas.
Toyota, Volkswagen and Apple supplier Foxconn are among the companies affected and there are concerns that supply chains will be disrupted again.
The entire province of Jilin
China on Tuesday reported a record of more than 5.000 cases, mostly in Jilin province , which has led the authorities to completely close off the area.
The 19 Millions of residents of this northeastern province received quarantine orders last Monday.
This is the first time that China has restricted an entire province since the closure of Wuhan and Hebei at the beginning of the pandemic.
Residents of Jilin have been banned from moving and anyone who wants to leave the province must apply for a police permit.
The measures come one day after imposed a five-day lockdown on 12,5 million residents of the southern city of Shenzhen , where all bus and subway services are suspended.
On Tuesday, the city authorities of Langfang, which borders the capital, Beijing , as well as Dongguan, in the southern province of Guangdong, also imposed immediate closures.