A coastal Chinese city has tightened lockdown restrictions by barring hundreds of thousands of residents from leaving and punishing those who do, amid a widening Delta variant outbreak. The Fujian Provincial Health Commission confirmed 15 cases on Sept. 24, with 11 in Xiamen city. As of Friday, the city totaled 222 cases in the past two weeks, more than the official infection figures reported in Putian city, the latest COVID-19 outbreak’s epicenter. Given that the Chinese regime is known to underreport the number of infections, the official counts are unlikely to represent the total, but they reflect a high infection rate in Xiamen city. The scenic coastal city of Xiamen closed major tourist spots, issued travel restrictions, and shut all non-essential locations at the beginning of the new outbreak. The regime’s top health authorities required the city to step up efforts to monitor and control people’s movements, launch mass testing, …