Authorities in China's southwestern city of Baise ordered residents to stay at home from Monday and avoid unnecessary travel as they enforced curbs that are among the toughest in the nation's tool-box to fight rising local infections of COVID-19.
The outbreak in Baise, which has a population of about 3.6 million and borders Vietnam, is tiny by global standards, but the curbs, including a ban on non-essential trips in and out, follow a national guideline to quickly contain any flare-ups.
Two individuals have been infected with the Omicron variant, added Pang, without saying what variant had infected the others. It has also suspended non-essential businesses, public transport and school sessions and delayed opening of ports of entry along the international border. Essential workers will need special passes for movement within Baise.
In Baise, a hotel front desk agent who gave only his surname, Li, said, "Because of the outbreak, our hotel's projected occupancy rate may not be as high as expected."
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