NO REST FOR TESTS This March 29, 2022 file photo shows employees in protective gear looking at Covid-19 antigen kits at a health care company’s facility in Hefei, in China’s eastern Anhui province. XINHUA PHOTO
NO REST FOR TESTS This March 29, 2022 file photo shows employees in protective gear looking at Covid-19 antigen kits at a health care company’s facility in Hefei, in China’s eastern Anhui province. XINHUA PHOTO

BEIJING: More than 1.7 million people are under lockdown in China's eastern Anhui province as authorities there reported nearly 300 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the latest in a string of outbreaks testing Beijing's no-tolerance approach to Covid-19.

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