Shifting focus for now china has registered
registered its highest rise in the daily covet 19 case count since the initial
outbreak at the beginning of 2020. mainland china has reported more than 1 500
locally transmitted fresh infections this case search which is mainly fueled by
the omicron variant has prompted the authorities across cities to further
tighten the measures several cities have taken measures like cancelling group
events launching rounds of math testing and cancelling offline classes in
schools cities in the Julian province are scrambling to build makeshift
hospitals to take in the covert 19 cases which is one of the hardest hit
regions meanwhile the province dismissed the mayor and the district head in the
capital city of Changchun amid the surge fresh restrictions are back in the
city it's home to a population of 9 million under the latest imposed curbs
residents are required to stay at home with only one family member permitted to
venture out to buy food and other essential items every two days they must
undergo three rounds of mass testing all non-essential businesses have been declared
shot and transport links remain Suspended authorities in shanghai have stepped
up targeted lock downs and testing to halt the highly transmissible omicron
variant Disneyland resort in the city of shanghai decided to limit the number
of visitors and to allow visitors only with a negative antigen test report one
of china's biggest and oldest trade fairs in the southern province of Guangzhou the canton fair has been temporarily shot after one of the visitors was found
to be infected with the virus.