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Chinese city of 16 million to shut down over new Covid outbreak Chengdu recorded 157 new local infections on 1 September, of which 51 had no symptoms, the city government said in a separate notice Around 16 million people in the Chinese city of Chengdu will be effectively under lockdown from 1 September as authorities race to snuff out a new Covid-19 outbreak. China is the last major economy wedded to a zero-Covid policy, stamping out virus flare-ups with snap shutdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines. Chengdu, in the southwest, has become the latest to announce a shutdown, saying in...
