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Covid situation comes to a head

Streets and parks in Shijiazhuang are disinfected.

Following the discovery of the British mutation of the coronavirus in Beijing, starting next week, international schools will be closed and entire neighborhoods sealed off. There will also be mass testing, curfews and strict tracking of infected people in Shijiazhuang. There is little knowledge of protests or resentment against the lockdown just before Chinese New Year, the most important travel period of the year.

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Frank Sieren
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After Beijing’s Chinese schools were already closed this week, international schools will follow next week. The measure was decided after the British mutant of the coronavirus was discovered among about a dozen cases in Daxing, a district in south Beijing. This virus is considered much more contagious. The variant called B.1.1.7 was first found in England in September.

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