CaixinChina's Xi'an struggles to figure out how COVID swept through city
Second provincial capital with full lockdown in year has nearly 1,000 cases so far
Workers stand at an entrance to a university's residential area under lockdown on Dec. 20 following the COVID-19 outbreak in Xi'an, China. © Reuters
JIA TIANQIONG, BAO ZHIMING and KELSEY CHENG, Caixin
December 30, 2021 19:41 JST
Health authorities in China's northwest city of Xi'an are still struggling to establish a clear train of transmission for the latest cluster of COVID cases, which has led to a citywide lockdown of almost 13 million residents and drawn criticism of its pandemic response.