Residents buy food and daily necessities at a temporary stall set up inside a residental compound in Xian. Photo: AFP
China’s zero-Covid policy: Xian takes stock as 3rd lockdown week looms
- National Games host city was mostly able to keep the coronavirus at bay until spiralling cases in December marked the worst outbreak since Wuhan in 2020
- Strict implementation of zero-Covid rules has its own challenges, city finds, from food shortages and health app outages, to fatal health care lapses
Residents buy food and daily necessities at a temporary stall set up inside a residental compound in Xian. Photo: AFP
