A coastal Chinese city has tightened lockdown restrictions by barring hundreds of thousands of residents from leaving and punishing those who do, amid a widening Delta variant outbreak.
The Fujian Provincial Health Commission confirmed 15 cases on Sept. 24, with 11 in Xiamen city. As of Friday, the city totaled 222 cases in the past two weeks, more than the official infection figures reported in Putian city, the latest COVID-19 outbreak’s epicenter.
