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Aug 6 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
The city of Sanya on Hainan Island has gone into full lockdown after a surge in covid-19 cases. Hainan is known as the ‘Hawaii of China’. 80k tourists are stranded according to local media.
As @Tominmedill points out, Hainan was quick to welcome quarantine-free entry to travellers from Shanghai, including me, after lockdown…
Authorities say that tourists are allowed to leave with two negative PCR tests within 48 hours. The problem for many now is finding a city that’ll take you, plus nearly all flights from Sanya Phoenix airport seem to be cancelled today… #sanya
Seems now that tourists can only leave Sanya if they show 5 negative PCR tests over 7 days.
#sanya
Danzhou, another city on Hainan Island, with a population of 954,000, has entered a citywide lockdown today.
Another city on Hainan Island, Qionghai, goes into lockdown for three days.

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Mar 15
China Covid-19 latest -

- 5154 new local cases detected yesterday (3507 symptomatic and 1647 asymptomatic).

- 4067 of those were detected in #Jilin province which went into lockdown yesterday.

These are big numbers for China - not seen since the initial outbreak in early 2020
For extra clarity. 73 of these cases were counted the previous day as asymptomatic but have today turned into symptomatic cases. China counts asymptomatic and symptomatic cases separately - rather than lumping them all together.
Millions in citywide lockdowns across China.

-Langfang (in Hebei province close to Beijing) 5.5 million people.

-Dongguan (in Guangdong) 10.5 million people.

-Shenzhen (in Guangdong) 12.5 million people.
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