Cases Of COVID-19 Fire Again, China Implements Lockdowns In A Number Of Cities, Including Wuhan

JAKARTA - About 200 residential areas spread across a number of cities in China underwent a lockdown after the government discovered a new cluster of COVID-19, recently. Wuhan, the city where the first cases of COVID-19 were discovered in late 2019, was also locked. In fact, more than 800 thousand residents in one of the districts in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, were ordered not to leave their homes until Sunday, October 30. Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, known as the world's largest iPhone production center, were also affected by the findings of the latest COVID-19 cluster, according to local media, Saturday, October 29. As of Thursday, October 27, the Chinese government reported 214 local positive cases and 1,123 asymptomatic cases.

The Guangzhou Provincial Government announced the tightening of anti-COVID-19 measures in factories, schools, rural areas, markets, and other crowded places. The ASEAN-China Center activity, which is scheduled to be held on November 3-6 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, was canceled for the same reason. China is still implementing a zero-case COVID-19 policy, which is considered by various groups as the cause of the slowdown in China's economic growth.