Residents get tested for the coronavirus at an outdoor facility on Monday, March 14, 2022, in Beijing. China's mainland reported 1,337 domestically transmitted COVID cases Monday across dozens of cities, part of a surge driven by the variant commonly known as "stealth omicron," with the vast majority of cases reported in far northeastern Jilin province. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Source: NPR
As the number of COVID-19 instances in China continues to rise, the Chinese government has issued stay-at-home restrictions to millions more residents in the country’s northeast regions. Following the highest rise in COVID cases since the pandemic’s original breakout in Wuhan two years ago, the government imposed harsh lockdown limitations on nearly 5 million individuals. With focused lockdowns, mass screening, and travel bans, the government has mostly held the virus at bay since its initial outbreak in 2020.
With the anticipated spread of the stealth Omicron variety, the country’s COVID curve is growing dramatically this time. China just reported its second virus-related fatality in over a year.
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