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China on Tuesday extended COVID-19 restrictions to a province near the capital Beijing after a spike in infections, according to state-run media.
Major political conference scheduled for Jan. 25 in Shijiazhuang, hit by a virus, the regional capital of Hebei near Beijing, was shut down after the recent spike, according to the Chinese daily Global Times.
In Hebei district, the cities of Shijiazhuang and Xingtai have reported an outbreak of COVID-19 for the past two weeks as infection numbers rise.
Just north of Hebei, Beijing has also tightened measures to prevent the spread of the virus, including highway closures.
Several medical teams from other areas fled to Hebei to help the health care system there and stop the spread of the virus, which was first reported in Wuhan city in December 2019 and has spread to all over the world ever since.
The Shanxi provincial government, which is Hebei’s neighbors, has announced major nuclear acid tests following a report of two COVID-19 cases.
Shanxi is the latest place to find out COVID-19 cases related to Hebei. Many places across China have studied individuals who may have been linked to the Hebei uprising.
The city of Jinzhong in Shanxi on Tuesday also suspended group activity, including wedding receptions, and banned car and bus services from Hebei.
On Monday, the province in northern China saw daily issues rise above the 100 marks for the first time in at least five months.
Some districts have asked primary school students to begin their winter vacation Tuesday, while students at grades 1 and 2 will begin their breakup Wednesday, according to state-run media.
Local authorities have implemented de facto locks to fight the virus. Traffic to and from affected areas has been limited, while local railways have canceled trains.
China’s National Health Commission said in a statement that an additional 55 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours, with 40 of them in Hebei and one in Beijing.
China has reported 87,591 cases of the COVID-19, including 4,634 deaths, since the uprising.
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