New Limits In Chinese City With Outbreak

Residents of the southern Chinese city of Guanzhou will not be able to leave unless they can show that it is absolutely necessary to do so, following an outbreak of COVID-19 that has sickened dozens of people. That rule and others issued by the city government take effect Monday. Guanzhou also is restricting indoor dining, conducting mass testing and banning residents in high-risk neighborhoods from leaving their homes. At least two districts in the city of 18 million people have been closed off entirely. The delta variant causing the Guangzhou cases is reportedly more infectious because those who have it are slower to display symptoms while carrying more virus particles.