China, the Covid nightmare is back: the industrial cities affected by the new coronavirus measures are Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shijiazhuang

What do Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shijiazhuang have in common?

They are all industrial cities in China and are all facing Covid-19 and related closures again.

For their inhabitants, the Beijing government has in fact established new forms of lockdowns.

The decision to lock up millions of people again was made precisely with the aim of containing the latest outbreaks of the coronavirus, in a ‘zero tolerance’ policy pursued by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

CHINA, COVID LOCKDOWN: SCHOOL AND TRANSPORT ALSO AFFECTED

Until Saturday, some areas of a district in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, near Hong Kong, will be closed after five locally transmitted infections were detected.

The bad news also concerns the school world: again in Guangzhou, it has been decided to postpone the resumption of lessons in kindergartens, primary, middle and high schools, while lessons that had already begun have been suspended.

The Covid is also creating problems in the transport sector: buses and subways have drastically reduced their rides.

The lockdown will last a few more days in the city of Dalian, Liaoning: about half of its 6 million residents will stop for five days.

Things are certainly no better in Shenzhen, Guangdong: some 9 million residents in at least four districts are affected by the new strict virus containment measures.

41 COVID OUTBREAKS, RESPONSIBLE FOR 32% OF CHINA’S GDP

The lockdown is meanwhile accompanied by further alarm.

The Chinese President’s policy on Covid has in fact brought the Asian giant’s economy to an abrupt halt.

At the moment, Capital Economics reports, there are outbreaks in 41 cities in China, responsible for 32% of the country’s GDP: this is the highest number since last April.

‘For now the impact appears modest,’ consulting firm economist Julian Evans-Pritchard told the Guardian, ‘but the threat of damaging lockdowns is growing.

And even if they are avoided, we expect growth to remain weak’.

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