China has implemented a complete lockdown in this city due to the increase in infection cases in the last 24 hours in Ruili, bordering Myanmar.
China enforces lockdown in Ruili city (AFP)
In view of the coronavirus pandemic, China closed a city bordering Myanmar on Wednesday. The authorities here closed most businesses, imposed many restrictions and asked people to stay indoors. Health officials of Yunnan province of Southwest China said that in the last 24 hours, 15 new cases of infection have been reported in Ruili.
All businesses, public institutions have been closed in the lockdown. Only essential goods shops like hospitals, medicine shops and ration-grocery shops are allowed to open. New cases of infection have come to the fore in large-scale investigations of people. Those who have been found infected include people from China and Myanmar. Cross-border trade takes place in this city. Officials said that the border control will also be tightened.
China has expressed confidence in strict lockdown to stop the epidemic
Earlier in March there was an outbreak of COVID in Ruili, after which a campaign was started for the vaccination of all the people of the city in April. China has relied on strict lockdown strategy and large-scale lockdown to deal with the outbreak of the epidemic. Along with this, the speed of vaccination has also been increased. China’s central health officials say that they have vaccinated 80 percent of the country’s population. Recently China claimed that it has applied one billion vaccine doses.
Lambda variant is more dangerous than Delta
At the same time, the new variant of Corona has increased concern around the world. The Health Ministry of Malaysia has said that the lambda variant of the coronavirus is emerging as more dangerous than the delta variant. The Malaysian Health Ministry tweeted that the lambda variant first appeared in the South American country of Peru. Peru has the highest corona death rate in the world. Lambda strain has also appeared in Britain. Because of this, researchers are concerned that this variant may be more dangerous than the delta variant.
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