Fears Mount of Second Wave of Virus Infections as China Begins to Lift Restrictions

Fears Mount of Second Wave of Virus Infections as China Begins to Lift Restrictions
Commuters wear protective masks as they exit a subway station during Monday rush hour in Beijing,on April 13, 2020. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Cathy He
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Fears of a second wave of CCP virus infections in China are mounting as several areas recently reimplemented lockdowns in response to localized clusters.

Since April, a county in central China’s Henan Province, cities in the northernmost province of Heilongjiang, and parts of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have been placed under lockdown—weeks after restrictions were lifted across much of the country.

Cathy He
Cathy He
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Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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