Coverage dated December 21, 2021 to December 27, 2021
China tightens Xi'an lockdown as city reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in nearly 2 years
Headline from KVIA El Paso, on the newest of 3 developments
By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Nectar Gan China’s Xi’an has further tightened lockdown measures and rolled out a fifth round of mass testing as it reported the highest daily count of local symptomatic Covid infections in a Chinese city since March 2020.
KVIA El Paso's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.
Developments in this update
3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.
China imposes lock down of up to 13M people in Xi'an amid COVID-19 spike
Headline from The Hill ·
Covid-hit Xi'an tightens measures as China sees 21-month case record
Headline from MedicalXpress ·
Newest
China tightens Xi'an lockdown as city reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in nearly 2 years
Thirteen million people in a major Chinese city were put under strict stay-at-home orders starting Thursday to stop the spread of Covid-19, as authorities scramble to keep their zero-case strategy si…
By Jessie Yeung, CNN On Tuesday, the central Chinese city of Xi’an recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases. By Wednesday, authorities had imposed strict lockdown measures on its estimated 13 million residents. The sweeping restrictions, which prevent people from leaving their homes, come as the country brace…
China reported its highest daily rise in local Covid-19 cases in 21 months as infections more than doubled in the northwestern city of Xian, China's latest Covid hot spot.
The Chinese city of Xi'an, where 13 million residents are currently confined to their homes, announced tightened restrictions on Sunday as the country recorded its biggest COVID-19 infection numbers in 21 months.
Hundreds of thousands more people were ordered to stay home in northern China Tuesday, joining millions under strict lockdown as authorities raced to contain a surge in Covid cases that have reached…
By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Nectar Gan China’s Xi’an has further tightened lockdown measures and rolled out a fifth round of mass testing as it reported the highest daily count of local symptomatic Covid infections in a Chinese city since March 2020.
Hundreds of thousands more people in China's Shaanxi province were ordered to stay home. A spike in coronavirus cases there has seen the highest infection rates in the country since the outbreak in Wuhan nearly two years ago.
China put hundreds of thousands more people under lockdown Tuesday to try and stamp out a worsening coronavirus outbreak, as infections hit new highs in multiple US states and Europe.
Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.
China tightens Xi'an lockdown as city reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in nearly 2 years | Since Then
