‘Hard to Buy Groceries’: Strict COVID-19 Lockdown Leaves a Chinese City Devastated

Security guards are walking in an area that is under restrictions following a recent coronavirus outbreak in Xi'an city, Shaanxi province, China, on Dec. 22, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images

With COVID-hit Xi’an city tightly locked down, residents said they are facing the basic challenge of getting food.

More than 13 million residents in Xi’an, the provincial capital of northwestern Shaanxi Province, entered their sixth day of home confinement on Dec. 28.