China’s Top Steeltown Returns to Partial Lockdown, Mass Testing
A medical worker transports a box of swab samples collected for Covid-19 tests to a mobile nucleic acid testing vehicle in Tangshan on March 29..
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Tangshan, a steelmaking hub about 100 miles from Beijing, has re-enforced Covid-19 lockdowns in some districts just over a week after lifting city-wide curbs.
The city locked down five districts from 6 a.m. Tuesday and will conduct mass-testing, the local government said, after reporting 29 cases coronavirus cases on Monday. Tangshan hosts about 13% of China’s steel output, and some production was halted during a 20-day lockdown that ended on April 11.