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As Covid returns, China shuts schools; Builds makeshift hospitals

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Omicron variant of Covid-19 is currently haunting many regions of China that pushed the country to shut schools on Shanghai streets and also directed to build hospitals to tackle the outbreak.

China's zero-tolerance approach to the virus is challenged like never before as it takes up a host of new restrictions and mitigation measures.

The significant spread of Omicron in China has not been seen since the first time the pandemic hit in Wuhan. China's active Covid cases surpassed 1,000 on Friday - a scale that ballooned from merely over 300 cases a day in less than a week.

Amid the spike, in a swift, China responded by carrying an extensive lockdown of 9 million citizens in the northeast city of Changchun.

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