After two asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were discovered on January 2 and a third on January 3, 2022, China’s central Henan Province placed Yuzhou City under lockdown. Yuzhou is China’s second-most-strictly-closed city, behind Xi’an, with inhabitants being prohibited from leaving their homes except for COVID-19 testing in the wake of the recent epidemic. Xi’an, in China’s northwest, is under one of the world’s strictest curfews. Since Dec. 9, 2021, when a positive COVID-19 case was discovered, thirteen million inhabitants have been confined to their homes or in collective isolation facilities on the city’s outskirts. On Jan. 6, Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan, reported 26 additional cases. In Zhengzhou, panic shopping began almost immediately, with YouTube footage showing people swarming into supermarkets and food stores in search of basics. Yuzhou, a small county-level city in China, has registered 55 positive COVID-19 … Continue reading China’s Second Largest City, Follows Xi’an in Imposing Strict COVID Measures, Causing Residents to panic Buy Food & Necessities.