Nearly 30 million people were confined on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in China in the face of the largest outbreak of Covid-19.
The situation has led the authorities to carry out massive tests on a scale that had not been seen since the start of the pandemic.
The country reported 5,280 cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours on Tuesday, the highest number since the first wave of the pandemic.
The country managed to contain infections after the first wave was born in late 2019 in the city of Wuhan, but recently faced multiple outbreaks linked to the arrival of the Omicron variant.
The northeastern province of Jilin was the hardest hit, with more than 3,000 cases on Tuesday.
Changchum with a population of nine million, as well as other cities, remain under stay-at-home orders.
In addition, dozens of local flights were cancelled, according to air traffic control data.
In total, the country registered around 120,000 cases of Covid-19 and 4,636 deaths. The last fatality from the disease officially dates back to early 2021.
