China locks down Chengdu, home to 21 million, as city reports new Covid-19 cases

Name: 63 Days: Post journalist recounts living through Shanghai's Covid-19 lockdown
Uploaded: 2022-09-01T10:00:21.000Z
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Description: 63 Days: Post journalist recounts living through Shanghai's Covid-19 lockdown

Sichuan’s provincial capital reports 106 new symptomatic cases on Thursday, bringing total to more than 600 since outbreak erupted around a week ago

City government tries to avoid chaos seen earlier this year in Shanghai by allowing one person per household to shop for necessities each day

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Chengdu will enter a lockdown on Thursday evening, but one member of each household will be allowed to shop for necessities daily. Photo: Weibo

Josephine Ma

Published: 6:00pm, 1 Sep 2022

China will lock down the southwestern city of Chengdu and order its 21 million people to stay home from 6pm on Thursday amid a growing Covid-19 outbreak.

Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, reported 106 new local symptomatic cases and 51 asymptomatic cases on Thursday. The city has recorded over 600 symptomatic cases since the outbreak erupted about a week ago.

Citywide testing of residents will begin on Thursday and last until September 4, according to the Chengdu government.

However, the city government is trying to avoid the chaos experienced during the Shanghai lockdown earlier this year by allowing one person in each household to leave to buy necessities once per day. The person must present a negative PCR test result when going out.

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63 Days: Post journalist recounts living through Shanghai's Covid-19 lockdown

Residents who require medical care or have special needs will be permitted to leave their homes with valid documents and negative PCR tests.