Volunteers disinfect a temporary Covid-19 testing site in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in late February 23. The region has been struck by a number of outbreaks this year. Photo: Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Volunteers disinfect a temporary Covid-19 testing site in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in late February 23. The region has been struck by a number of outbreaks this year. Photo: Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images
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China /  Science

Covid outbreak shuts down Chinese city as Beijing and Shanghai return to new normal

  • Inner Mongolian centre of Erenhot imposes new restrictions after a string of community cases
  • Case numbers down to single digits in country’s financial and political capitals

Kate Zhang
Kate Zhang

Updated: 6:07pm, 6 Jun, 2022

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Volunteers disinfect a temporary Covid-19 testing site in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in late February 23. The region has been struck by a number of outbreaks this year. Photo: Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Volunteers disinfect a temporary Covid-19 testing site in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in late February 23. The region has been struck by a number of outbreaks this year. Photo: Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images
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