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By ANI<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n BEIJING:\u00a0China on Thursday shut down Xi’an, the capital metropolis of the nation’s Shaanxi province in a bid to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak amid the rising international menace of Omicron variant internationally, native media reported.<\/p>\n Zhang Fenghu, a deputy director of the main group on epidemic prevention and management in Xi’an, stated town is going through a sophisticated and extreme scenario as constructive instances had been discovered outdoors the lockdown areas through the citywide nucleic acid testing performed on Monday and Tuesday, International Instances reported.<\/p>\n “With the intention to comprise the unfold of the epidemic, all of the communities and villages within the metropolis can be locked down and begin quarantine from Thursday. Just one member of the family of every family is allowed to buy groceries each different day and the remainder can solely exit with certificates provided by their corporations or communities,” International Instances reported.<\/p>\n The Chinese language media outlet additional stated {that a} complete of three,574 faculties in Xi’an have suspended in-person instruction as on Wednesday with 2.09 million college students and college turning to on-line training.<\/p>\n The town, with a inhabitants of 13 million, additionally strengthened visitors management and banned native residents from leaving town until crucial. Lengthy-distance passenger transportation has been suspended and taxis and on-line car-hailing companies usually are not allowed to function in medium-and high-risk areas or function outdoors town, it added.<\/p>\n Other than the necessity for epidemic prevention and requirements for livelihood, every kind of actions and gatherings have been suspended. Firms and social organisations are inspired to work flexibly or earn a living from home to lower personnel circulation.<\/p>\n At current, there may be one high-risk space and 40 medium-risk areas in Xi’an, with personnel in these areas strictly managed, International Instances reported.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By ANI BEIJING:\u00a0China on Thursday shut down Xi’an, the capital metropolis of the nation’s Shaanxi province in a bid to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak amid the rising international menace of Omicron variant internationally, native media reported. Zhang Fenghu, a deputy director of the main group on epidemic prevention and management in Xi’an, stated town […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[33],"tags":[757,206,59,631,26709],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/images.newindianexpress.com\/uploads\/user\/imagelibrary\/2021\/12\/23\/w600X390\/000_9TU372.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71593,"url":"https:\/\/www.canadianpathram.com\/china-orders-lockdown-of-as-much-as-13-million-individuals-japan-sees-group-transmission-of-omicron\/","url_meta":{"origin":72096,"position":0},"title":"China orders lockdown of as much as 13 million individuals; Japan sees group transmission of Omicron","date":"December 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By PTI BEIJING: China on Wednesday ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million individuals in neighbourhoods and workplaces within the northern metropolis of Xi'an following a spike in coronavirus circumstances, setting off panic shopping for simply weeks earlier than the nation hosts the Winter Olympic Video games. 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