Ashok Gehlot Flags Spike In Covid Cases In China, Asks Govt To Control Passenger Movement

China is facing the highest surge in covid cases since the initial days of the pandemic as the cases doubled up on Sunday reaching 3,400.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot (File photo: AFP)

New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday expressed concern over the rapidly increasing cases of COVID-19 in China and suggested the central government to consider controlling passenger movement from China. Gehlot tweeted, "There has been a rapid increase in Covid cases in China. When Covid cases worldwide have decreased, a rise in cases in China is worrying as the virus emerged from there two years ago".

चीन में कोविड के मामलों में तेजी से बढ़ोत्तरी हुई है। जब दुनियाभर में कोविड के मामले कम हुए हैं तब चीन में कोविड केस बढ़ना चिंताजनक है क्योंकि दो साल पहले कोरोना वायरस की शुरुआत भी यहीं से हुई थी।

— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) March 14, 2022

“Seeing the situation in China, the Central government should consider controlling the movement from there. Learning from the past three Covid waves, there should be no negligence,” he added

भारत सरकार को चीन के हालातों को देखकर वहां से आवागमन नियंत्रित करने पर विचार करना चाहिए। पूर्व में आईं कोविड की तीनों लहरों से सबक लेकर कोई लापरवाही नहीं बरती जानी चाहिए।

— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) March 14, 2022

China Locks Down 17 Mn People As COVID Cases Rise In Shenzhen City

As the COVID-19 cases in China are on a surge, the country has resorted to lockdowns to curb the spread of the virus. On Sunday, the local government of Shenzhen city announced a strict lockdown after the city recorded 66 infections in a day, news agency AFP reported. 

The city is a tech hub that resides nearly 17 million people. It is also home to tech giants like Huawei and Tencent. The administration has told the residents to stay home with only one member of the family going out to get essentials every two days.

Lately, China has shut down non-essential services as well as schools and even restaurants. According to AFP, the lockdown and the suspension of the transport services will last until March 20. 

China is facing the highest surge in covid cases since the initial days of the pandemic as the cases doubled up on Sunday reaching 3,400. 

"If prevention and control are not strengthened in a timely and decisive manner, it could easily become large-scale community transmission," Shenzhen health official Lin Hancheng said at a Sunday briefing.

In the last 24 hours, 2,503 new cases of Coronavirus have been reported in India and 27 people have died. There has been a decline of 19.6 percent in COVID cases. A total of 42,993,494 infections have been reported so far. As far as active cases are concerned, their number is 36,168. A total of 42,441,449 people have been cured so far and 4,377 in the last 24 hours. A total of 515,877 people have died from infection so far. There have been 4,61,318 vaccinations in the last 24 hours.