Barricades up in Shenzhen as authorities ramp up COVID curbs

Record ID: 1686798

  • Title: Barricades up in Shenzhen as authorities ramp up COVID curbs
  • Date: 30th August 2022
  • Summary: SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA (AUGUST 30, 2022) (REUTERS) TRAFFIC MOVING PAST TRUCK UNLOADING RED BARRICADES OUTSIDE COMPOUND WORKERS STACKING RED BARRICADES SECURITY STANDING NEAR RED BARRICADES PEOPLE STANDING NEAR CLOSED FENCE AND RED BARRICADES OUTSIDE COMPOUND SECURITY STANDING OUTSIDE ENTRANCE TO COMMUNITY WHICH HAS BEEN SEALED OFF FIRE TRUCKS PARKED ALONG SIDE OF ROAD MAN WEARING FACE MASK PASSING ITEM THROUGH FENCE TO ANOTHER PERSON RED BARRICADES OUTSIDE RESIDENTIAL COMPOUND VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE COMMUNITY WHICH HAS BEEN SEALED OFF VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING NEAR FENCES AND CLOSED CONVENIENCE STORE AT ENTRANCE OF SEALED OFF COMMUNITY MOTORIST DRIVING PAST COMPOUND WHICH HAS BEEN SEALED OFF SECURITY WALKING NEAR ENTRANCE OF COMPOUND WHICH HAS BEEN SEALED OFF
  • Embargoed: 13th September 2022 07:08
  • Keywords: COVID-19 China Shenzhen coronavirus curbs lockdown pandemic
  • Location: SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA
  • City: SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001140930082022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China's southern city of Shenzhen escalated COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday (August 30) as it closed more businesses, renewing economic uncertainty and delaying the start of the school year for some.
    Longhua, a Shenzhen district with 2.5 million residents, on Tuesday closed various entertainment venues and wholesale market-places, and suspended large events.
    People must show proof of negative test results within 24 hours to enter residential compounds, and restaurants must limit the number of customers at no more than 50% of their capacity, Longhua's district authority said. The new curbs are expected to expire on Saturday (September 3).
    The moves followed similar measures announced on Monday (August 29) covering three other districts that affected over 6 million in Shenzhen, which has fought multiple outbreaks of Omicron sub-variants this year.
    The fresh measures, scheduled to last just a few days for now, reflect China's insistence on its so-called "dynamic COVID zero" policy that aims to quash every outbreak as and when they happen.
    (Production: David Kirton, Thomas Suen)
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