Global report: China locks down border city in response to two Covid cases
by Lily Kuo in Beijing and Helen Sullivan from World news | The Guardian on (#587PE)
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China has locked down a city on its border with Myanmar and launched a campaign to test the city's entire population of more than 200,000 people.
Officials in Ruili in Yunnan province said the city had entered a state of wartime" defences against Covid-19 after two new cases emerged among travellers from Myanmar. Residents have been ordered to stay at home and authorities have set up checkpoints to prevent anyone entering or leaving Ruili and restricting access to border areas nearby. Most businesses have been closed.
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