In China, Some Cities Edge Into Covid-19 Lockdowns Ahead of Party Congress

SINGAPORE—Chinese cities tightened measures to halt Covid-19 flare-ups, threatening additional harm to the nation’s embattled economic system forward of a Communist Party congress to resolve the nation’s prime management.

Chengdu ordered its 21 million residents to remain at dwelling from 6 p.m. native time on Thursday, in accordance with an announcement from the town’s authorities. Authorities will conduct citywide Covid-19 tests by Sunday, with one particular person in every family allowed to go away dwelling as soon as a day to purchase groceries, with proof of a unfavorable Covid-19 take a look at. They gave no date for when the measures would finish.