The Chinese industrial city of Shenyang has been placed in lockdown because of the omikron variant of the coronavirus. The northern city has 9 million inhabitants.
China is dealing with several outbreaks due to the advance of omikron.
There are many factories in Shenyang, including those of the automaker BMW. The 17.5 million inhabitants of the city of Shenzhen, known as the Chinese Silicon Valley because of ties to tech companies, have just completed a week-long lockdown.
President Xi Jinping wants to limit the impact of the pandemic on the economy while adhering to the strict zero-Covid policy.
On Tuesday, 4,770 new infections were reported in China, mainly Jilin province. Adjacent is the province of Liaoning, of which Shenyang is the capital. In addition, last week, it was announced that for the first time in more than a year, people had died in China from Covid-19.
