agencies, all primary and secondary schools in Haizu District, where about 10% of the city's total population lives, will close individual lessons from Monday.
China imposes new restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the center of manufacturing hub Guangzhou, triggering fear among 19 million residents
China suspended in-person schooling and dining-in at restaurants in a district in the center of Guangzhou, raising concerns about the potential for disruption to home to the southern Chinese manufacturing hub of about 19 million people.
All primary and secondary schools in Haizu District, where about 10% of the city's total population lives, will close in-person lessons from Monday. The restrictions come more than a week after Huadu district closed entertainment venues and schools, while a small number of neighborhoods were allowed to ease restrictions on Sunday, with most of the area subject to containment measures. Guangzhou reported 69 new infections on Sunday.
The latest sanctions coincide with the end of the Communist Party's five-year congress, where President Xi Jinping reinforced the correctness of his COVID Zero policy, but gave few pointers on how the strategy could progress. His appointment of Li Qiang, a close aide who oversaw Shanghai's two-month lockdown earlier this year to number two on the Politburo's Supreme Standing Committee, has also clouded the outlook for any easing of virus policy.
While Li initially made light touches to China's strict COVID zero policy, a surge in cases in Shanghai prompted him to lock down the city, causing rare social unrest and the financial center's economy shrank by nearly 14% in another . quarter. Lee is now set to become premier in March, although he has never served as vice premier - a prerequisite for the position for decades.
The Party Congress will not be an opportunity for major policy changes, with a gradual relaxation of Covid Zero in the second quarter of 2023, analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., including Andrew Tilton, wrote in a report. The report noted that policy implementation could be more efficient, although issues relating to personnel related to party roles have been resolved.
Nationwide, China reported 919 new local infections, the highest since October 14. The northwestern region of Xinjiang still accounts for the majority of the country's cases, even easing the tally from recent highs. The capital of Shaanxi province, Xi'an, which locked down some areas last week, recorded 51 cases.
China reported 1,076 new COVID-19 infections on October 23, of which 221 were symptomatic and 855 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday. This compares with 998 new cases a day earlier - 207 symptomatic and 791 asymptomatic infections. China counts the two types of cases separately.
There were no new deaths as the day before, the death toll stood at 5,226. As of 23 October, mainland China had 257,583 confirmed cases.
China's capital Beijing reported eight symptomatic and two asymptomatic cases the previous day, versus seven symptomatic and one asymptomatic case, local government data showed.
The local health authority reported that the financial center Shanghai reported one symptomatic and 11 asymptomatic cases, compared with no symptomatic and 12 asymptomatic cases a day earlier.
Shenzhen's Southern Technology Center reported three new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, compared to 11 a day earlier.
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