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Chinese city of 11 million stops people leaving in bid to contain Covid

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SHANGHAI : The capital and largest city in northern China's Hebei province barred people from leaving on Thursday in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the country reported the biggest rise in daily infections in more than five months.Hebei accounted for 51 of the 52 local cases reported by the National Health Commission on Thursday.

This compared with 20 cases reported in the province, which surrounds Beijing, a day earlier.Also Read | The faces behind the farmer revoltAuthorities in Shijiazhuang, home to 11 million people, have launched mass testing drives and banned gatherings to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.In addition to barring people from leaving the city, people and vehicles from areas of the city considered.

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