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China’s Guangzhou locks down, Beijing shuts schools over COVID

China is battling rising COVID-19 cases across the country [File: Ng Han Guan/AP Photo]

China’s Guangzhou has locked down its largest district while schools across Beijing have moved to online classes as authorities battle numerous COVID-19 flare-ups across the country.

Guangzhou, a southern metropolis that is home to almost 19 million people, on Monday announced a five-day lockdown for the most populous district of Baiyun, and suspended dining-in services and shut nightclubs and theatres in the main business district.

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