China locked Yuzhou, 1.2 million city, after 3 Covid cases
Beijing: More than one million people in a city in Central China are limited to their homes on Tuesday after three cases of asymptomatic coronavirus are recorded in the country's latest mass lock.
Beijing has pursued a "zero covid" approach with strict border limits and targeted locking since the virus first appeared.
But his strategy has been under pressure with a series of local playpes recently and with only a month to go to the winter Olympics.
Yuzhou, a city with a population of around 1.17 million people in Henan Province, announced that from Monday night all citizens were asked to stay at home to control the spread of the virus.
The announcement was triggered by the discovery of three cases in the last few days.
People in the central area "may not come out", according to a statement...