China’s Hainan expands Covid lockdowns to more areas to quell outbreak

BEIJING, Aug 8 — China’s Hainan, an island province dependent on tourism, locked down more areas on Monday, Reuters calculations based on state media reports show, as it battles its worst Covid-19 outbreak after seeing very few cases over the past two years.

The spike in cases comes amid a pick-up in interest in tourism after China eased curbs aimed at domestic travel, accounting for the shorter incubation period of the Omicron variant that facilitates a shorter quarantine time. One city and two towns entered lockdown in Hainan on Monday, according to Reuters calculations based on state media reports.

Around 25,000 tourists were stranded in Sanya, the hardest-hit city in Hainan’s outbreak and the island’s key tourist hub, as of Sunday. Although cities have said tourists can leave after Covid tests, many were frustrated about the disruption to their plans.

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