13 Million People Under Lockdown in City in Northwest China Due to COVID-19

Medical staff members conduct nucleic acid tests for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Zhangye in China's northwestern Gansu Province, on Oct. 23, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images

People in the northwest Chinese city of Xi'an have been struggling to get food and supplies since authorities ordered a lockdown of the city of 13 million people on Dec. 23 due to a spike in cases of COVID-19.

All residents in the city have been put through another round of COVID-19 testing, while 90 residential communities have been closed off. Some local residents, forced to stay at home, told the Chinese language Epoch Times that they hadn’t even had time to stock up on food before the lockdown.