A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus at a nucleic acid collection station in Beijing on October 26, 2021. AFP PHOTO
A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus at a nucleic acid collection station in Beijing on October 26, 2021. AFP PHOTO

BEIJING: China placed a city of four million under lockdown on Tuesday in a bid to stamp out a domestic coronavirus spike, with residents told not to leave home except in emergencies.

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