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He advised “reconsidering” any trip to China for “the arbitrary execution of local laws” and due to the restrictions in force to contain the covid
The US State Department ordered the evacuation of non-essential personnel from the consulate American in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai and their relatives due to the rebound in covid cases and las strong measures imposed by the Chinese authorities to control it.
The institution yesterday published a statement announcing this measure after last Friday authorize the voluntary evacuation of workers of the representation.
In addition, the Department advised to “reconsider” any trip to China for “the arbitrary execution of local laws” and due to the restrictions in force to contain the covid.
Also advises against traveling to Hong Kong, Jilin Province and Shanghai Municipality for the strict measures imposed to curb outbreaks, “including the risk that parents and children will be separated.”
One of the most notorious effects of the long shanghai lockdown have been the difficulties of citizens to stock up on food and other basic products, although the authorities They have distributed some food to the population.
last weekend, Beijing filed a formal complaint with Washington for criticizing Chinese anticovid restrictions, which include the confinement of entire cities as in the case of Shanghai.
“We are not at all satisfied with the American accusations. We strongly oppose them and have filed a complaint for such a reason,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.
Although the rest of the world has resigned itself to living with the virus, the Chinese authorities insist on their “zero covid” strategy despite the fact that the last wave has so far resulted in two deaths and a high rise in cases, especially asymptomatic.
The high transmissibility of omicron variant has returned China to the starting line in its particular “battle” against covid, with strong restrictions on mobility and borders closed to the outside, in addition to the aforementioned confinements.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.