The COVID-19 outbreak has quickly worsened in China’s southern Guangdong Province, where two cities have been put in semi-lockdown because of virus variants. On June 1, the provincial capital Guangzhou city announced that 38 areas of the city of 17 million people were under total lockdown, while suspending individual vaccinations city wide. Two neighborhoods have been upgraded to high-risk areas, while two more areas were identified as medium-risk areas. Meanwhile, cases of infection have been reported in the nearby megacity of Shenzhen, Foshan city that has 7 million people, and Maoming city with a population of 8 million. Since June 1, outbound travel has been restricted from Guangzhou and Foshan. With more neighborhoods under lockdown, residents are having difficulty getting food and supplies. The Epoch Times obtained a video showing communities in Foshan under lockdown. On May 31, 12 new local cases were reported in Guangzhou, which brought the total number …
COVID-19 Spreads in China’s Guangdong Province, Cities in Semi-Lockdown
June 2, 2021
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