COVID-19 in China: Almost one mlillion people in iPhone manufacturing hub ordered to stay in lockdown - WION

When President Xi Jinping kicked disconnected China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress connected Sunday (October 17), helium defended the zero-Covid attack adopted by the federation during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

Covid wreaked havoc globally aft it was archetypal reported by China successful precocious 2019. As satellite economies are gradually reopening, the Covid concern successful immoderate parts of China is inactive alarming with the detection of cases each day. 

In the latest, the iPhone manufacturing hub of Zhengzhou has locked down 1 of its most-populated districts amid a emergence successful Covid cases, Bloomberg reported. 

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In the Zhongyuan district, astir 1 cardinal radical person been ordered to enactment astatine home. The authorities notice, effectual from Monday, stated that the residents volition spell retired lone for Covid testing. The non-essential businesses person been unopen down. This came aft the lockdown of immoderate neighborhoods past week. Officials had ruled retired a citywide lockdown. 

The National Health Commission said connected Monday that China recorded 921 caller COVID-19 infections connected October 16, of which 245 were symptomatic and 676 were asymptomatic. 

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China's economy

Meanwhile, China's system showed a important resurgence successful the 3rd 4th and employment was mostly unchangeable contempt the system inactive facing obstacles, including Covid, a elder authoritative said connected Monday (October 17). 

Zhao Chenxin, lawman caput of the National Development and Reform Commission, told a quality league during the once-in-every-five-years Communist Party Congress: "In the look of the daze and power of unexpected factors, China's system has achieved a dependable betterment successful a comparatively abbreviated play of time." 

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