Seeing red: Chinese city stays its traffic lights to keep residents at home

After detecting nearly 100 infections in Guangxi, the city of Baise has locked down its 3.6-million citizens

09 February 2022 - 20:10 By Bloomberg News

An Omicron outbreak in southern China has led officials to switch traffic lights to red in several counties as local governments strive to limit people’s movement to meet Beijing’s strategy of eliminating Covid-19. ..

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