China locks down city of nine million amid new spike in cases

A woman gets her throat swabbed in Shanghai as part of China’s ‘zero tolerance’ strategy (AP)

China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the nine million residents of the north-eastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in Covid-19 cases.

Residents are required to remain home, with one family member permitted to venture out to buy food and other necessities every two days.