A resident receives free food supplies provided by local government at a residential compound under lockdown, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Xian, Shaanxi province, China January 5, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
BEIJING: More than 42,000 people in the Chinese city of Xian were in centralised COVID-19 quarantine facilities as of Tuesday, a city official said on Wednesday.
Xu Mingfei, vice mayor of Xian, told a news briefing that residents should continue to avoid going out or leaving the city for non-essential reasons.
In Xian, which is two weeks into a lockdown, authorities reported 35 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms on Tuesday, compared to 95 the previous day and 150 or more per day during the Dec. 25-31 period, official data showed on Wednesday.
