{"id":1976,"date":"2022-11-24T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T10:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:39","slug":"china-expands-lockdowns-as-covid-19-cases-hit-daily-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/brusselsindependent\/china-expands-lockdowns-as-covid-19-cases-hit-daily-record\/2022\/11\/24\/hasan\/","title":{"rendered":"China expands lockdowns as COVID-19 cases hit daily record"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING<\/span> (AP)<\/span> NOV, 24–<\/span> Pandemic<\/span> lockdowns<\/span> are<\/span> sweeping<\/span> across<\/span> China,<\/span> including<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> city<\/span> where<\/span> factory<\/span> workers<\/span> clashed<\/span> with<\/span> police<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> COVID-19<\/span> cases<\/span> hit<\/span> a<\/span> record<\/span> daily.<\/span><\/p>\n

Residents<\/span> of<\/span> eight<\/span> districts<\/span> in<\/span> Zhengzhou,<\/span> home<\/span> to<\/span> 6.6<\/span> million<\/span> people,<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> ordered<\/span> to<\/span> stay<\/span> home<\/span> for<\/span> five<\/span> days<\/span> from<\/span> Thursday<\/span> unless<\/span> they<\/span> are<\/span> shopping<\/span> for<\/span> food<\/span> or<\/span> seeking<\/span> medical<\/span> care.<\/span> What\u00a0we<\/span> call<\/span> the<\/span> daily<\/span> mass<\/span> inspections<\/span> are<\/span> ordered.<\/span> In<\/span> clashes<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> and<\/span> Wednesday,<\/span> Zhengzhou<\/span> police<\/span> beat<\/span> workers<\/span> protesting<\/span> wage<\/span> disputes<\/span> at<\/span> Apple’s<\/span> largest<\/span> iPhone<\/span> factory<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> industrial<\/span> area<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> city.<\/span> The<\/span> Taiwan-based<\/span> factory<\/span> owner<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> that<\/span> Foxconn<\/span> apologized<\/span> for<\/span> what<\/span> it<\/span> called<\/span> a<\/span> “computer<\/span> system<\/span> entry<\/span> error”<\/span> and<\/span> would<\/span> guarantee<\/span> wages<\/span> consistent<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> agreed<\/span> formal<\/span> employment<\/span> bill.<\/span> The<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> new<\/span> COVID<\/span> cases<\/span> increased<\/span> by<\/span> 31,444<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> past<\/span> 24<\/span> hours,<\/span> the<\/span> National<\/span> Health<\/span> Commission<\/span> said<\/span> Thursday.<\/span> This<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> highest<\/span> number<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> single<\/span> day<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> coronavirus<\/span> was<\/span> first<\/span> detected<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> central<\/span> Chinese<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Wuhan<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> 2019.<\/span> The<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> daily<\/span> cases<\/span> is<\/span> steadily<\/span> increasing.<\/span> This<\/span> week,<\/span> authorities<\/span> reported<\/span> his<\/span> first<\/span> death<\/span> from<\/span> COVID-19<\/span> in<\/span> China<\/span> in<\/span> six<\/span> months,<\/span> bringing<\/span> the<\/span> total<\/span> to<\/span> 5,232.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BEIJING (AP) NOV, 24– Pandemic lockdowns are sweeping across China, including in a city where factory workers clashed with police this week as the number of COVID-19 cases hit a record daily. Residents of eight districts in Zhengzhou, home to 6.6 million people, have been ordered to stay home for five days from Thursday unless […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1,2425],"tags":[152,360,361,362,363,364],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1000-3.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1978,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions\/1978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}