The city of Zhengzhou in China’s Henan Province has shut down one of its most populated districts and put almost a million residents under lockdown due to a flare-up of COVID-19.
Residents were asked to remain at home beginning on Oct. 17. Non-essential businesses have been shut down. The only instances when people are allowed to leave their homes is when they need to undergo COVID tests.
Zhengzhou is famous for being a hub for manufacturing iPhones. However, the manufacturing plants are not located in the district subject to the lockdown.
COVID restrictions are being imposed on other major Chinese cities as well. In the port city of Tianjin, one district is under lockdown. In the southern city of Guangzhou, schools have been shut down in one area….