In this photograph released by Xinhua News Agency, a wellness idiosyncratic collects swab illustration from a nonmigratory during a wide COVID-19 trial successful Putian successful southeast China's Fujian state connected Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Putian, a metropolis successful confederate China that is trying to incorporate a coronavirus outbreak told the nationalist Sunday not to leave, suspended autobus and bid work and closed cinemas, bars and different facilities. (Wei Peiquan/Xinhua via AP)

In this photograph released by Xinhua News Agency, a wellness idiosyncratic collects swab illustration from a nonmigratory during a wide COVID-19 trial successful Putian successful southeast China's Fujian state connected Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Putian, a metropolis successful confederate China that is trying to incorporate a coronavirus outbreak told the nationalist Sunday not to leave, suspended autobus and bid work and closed cinemas, bars and different facilities. (Wei Peiquan/Xinhua via AP) (Xinhua)

BEIJING – China tightened lockdowns and accrued orders for wide investigating successful cities on its eastbound seashore Wednesday amid the latest surge successful COVID-19 cases.

Checks person been acceptable up successful toll stations astir the metropolis of Putian successful Fujian province, with a twelve of them closed entirely. The adjacent cities of Xiamen and Quanzhou person besides restricted question arsenic the delta variant spreads done the region.

The National Health Commission connected Wednesday said an further 50 cases had been diagnosed successful assorted parts of Fujian, astir of them successful the Putian region.

Since the commencement of the pandemic, archetypal detected successful precocious 2019 successful the cardinal Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, China has imposed strict testing, lockdowns, quarantines and disguise wearing requirements.

Fujian has seen astatine slightest 152 caller cases successful caller days, prompting stay-at-home orders and the closure of entertainment, eating and fittingness venues, on with the cancellation of radical activities including those for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

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Long-distance autobus work to different parts of the state has been suspended.

China has mostly stopped the dispersed of COVID-19 but caller outbreaks proceed to hap successful assorted parts of the country. A delta variant outbreak successful July and August dispersed to respective provinces, raising interest astir caller and much contagious variants.

The National Health Commission says it has administered much than 2 cardinal doses of vaccine, though the efficacy of the domestically developed serums has been called into question, peculiarly successful dealing with the delta variant.

While the lockdowns and different stern measures person taken a toll connected the system and regular life, astir of the state has flooded the interaction of the archetypal outbreak.

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