Residents of Chengdu panic buying in a store. Photo / TwitterPhotos show residents of Chengdu in complete panic as the major city is thrown into lockdown due to 157 Covid-19 cases. It's the latest city in China ordered into lockdown after strict restrictions were imposed on Dalian and Shijiazhuang. The lockdown was provoked by a spike in Covid cases (157 new cases reported with 51 displaying no symptoms) last month, with Chengdu now recording over 1000 cases and no deaths. The population of Chengdu likely remembers all too well the nature of the two-month lockdown in Shanghai which further spurred panic buying.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 04, 2022 09:06 UTC