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People were being tested for Covid-19 in Chengdu on Wednesday as strict controls
are imposed across China in response to breakouts. cnsphoto/Reuters
China


COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS RIPPLE ACROSS CHINA—‘I WONDER HOW LONG I CAN HANG ON’


‘ZERO-COVID’ MEASURES DISRUPT SCHOOLS AND PROMPT TRAIN EVACUATIONS; A TODDLER
ENDURES 100 SWAB TESTS

People were being tested for Covid-19 in Chengdu on Wednesday as strict controls
are imposed across China in response to breakouts. cnsphoto/Reuters
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Liyan Qi
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Nov. 4, 2021 7:36 am ET

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For more than a year, residents living in a remote border town have been China’s
foot soldiers in the battle against the coronavirus, enduring lockdown after
lockdown to shield the rest of the country from contagion.

Mothers in Ruili, a jewelry-trading center on China’s border with Myanmar, post
despairingly about their toddlers being numb to regular swab tests—one said her
2-year-old has gotten 100 in his lifetime. Others post about spending months on
end in isolation, despite test after test coming back negative. Some restaurants
have been closed for more than half a year.

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