On Friday queues stretched down the roads outside medical centres in the capital as people sought to comply with newly-enhanced Covid controls.
"I initially arranged to meet friends here , but the recent outbreak made many suddenly say they're not coming," she said. On Thursday rail authorities ordered two Beijing-bound high-speed trains to stop and sent over 450 passengers to be tested after staff members were identified as close contacts of infected people.Authorities in Harbin -- the capital of the northeastern Heilongjiang province -- warned 10 million residents against outbound travel and grounded a third of flights at the city's airport.