Outbreaks have been reported across the country, with the largest in Inner Mongolia and the far-west Xinjiang region. Many in China hope the pandemic policy will ease after the meeting. Leaders don't want a major outbreak to cast a pall over congress, but their strict "zero-COVID” approach has taken an economic toll, particularly on small businesses and temporary workers.
Travel was down during an annual National Day holiday that began October 1, as authorities discouraged people from leaving their cities and provinces.īut the number of new daily cases has still grown to about 1,800 from 600 at start of the break. The long-ruling Communist Party is particularly concerned as it tries to present a positive image of the nation in the run-up to a once-in-five-years party congress that starts on Sunday. Hohhot has recorded more than 2,000 cases over about 12 days.Ĭhina is one of the few places in the world still resorting to harsh measures to keep the disease from spreading.
In the nearby Inner Mongolia region, the capital Hohhot announced that outside vehicles and passengers would be prohibited from entering the city starting on Tuesday. The latest lockdown started on Monday in Fenyang city in northern China's Shanxi province after a preliminary positive case was found in citywide testing the previous day, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
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