China locks down 65 million as holiday travel peak looms

China has imposed a lockdown on 65 million of its citizens under tough COVID-19 restrictions and is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming national holidays. Most of the 21 million people in the southwestern city of Chengdu are confined to their apartments or residential complexes, while in the eastern port city of Tianjin, classes have been moved online after 14 new cases were reported, all but two showing no symptoms. China reported a total of 1,552 new cases on Monday across the nation of 1.4 billion people, the National Health Commission reported.

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