China COVID lockdowns ensnare 260m people as BA.5 spreads

More cities adopt partial restrictions with cases at 2-month highs

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A medical worker tests a Shanghai resident for the coronavirus during a heatwave on July 12. © Reuters

IORI KAWATE, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- China has roughly a fifth of its population under full or partial lockdowns, according to one count, as another rise in coronavirus cases prolongs the uncertainty hanging over the country's economy.

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