“It’s already the third year and things are still like this,” Wuhan resident Joy Dai, who works in the tourism sector, told Reuters.
“It affects me both mentally and physically … But I’m helpless in all of this so I’ve learned to accept it.”
The city Guangzhou, which reported 27 new local symptomatic coronavirus cases and 46 asymptomatic cases on Tuesday, classified five more of its districts as high-risk: Huangpu, Nansha, Panyu, Yuexiu and Conghua.
The southern metropolis and manufacturing hub had already shut down daily social activities and called for mass testing in the Haizhu and Baiyun districts.
China’s economic growth has hit a speed bump in the fourth quarter as COVID-19 curbs limited travel and shipping, constraining consumption and commerce in the world’s second-largest economy.