Residents in Northeastern Chinese City Decry Lockdown Extension

A child takes a COVID-19 swab test in Shenyang, China on Jan. 1, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Shenyang city, the capital of China’s northeastern Liaoning Province, remains one of China’s hotspots of the CCP virus outbreak. Local officials have declared some residential areas to be low-risk, but community officials have extended the lockdown period—to many citizens’ dismay.

The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, causes the COVID-19 disease.