Here are the key highlights of lockdown in Changchun city of China: 1) All kinds of non-essential businesses have been ordered to stay shut; transport services suspended.
2) The Chinese government has also imposed a lockdown in Yucheng, a city of 5 lakh people in the eastern province of Shandong.
3) China on Friday reported 397 Covid cases, 98 of them in Jilin province that surrounds Changchun. In the entire province, cases have exceeded 1,100 since the latest outbreak first struck late last week.
4) Under China’s “zero tolerance", the Chinese authorities have said it'll lock down any area where more than one case will be detected.