Africa Business Radio

Hundreds of thousands more people were confined to their homes in northern China Tuesday as the country battled its worst Covid surge in 21 months and locked-down residents took to social media to complain about food shortages.China has followed a zero-Covid strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns as Beijing prepares to welcome thousands of overseas visitors to February’s Winter Olympics.The surge has prompted authorities to impose what they have called the strictest possible curbs in the northern city of Xi’an, whose 13 million residents are entering the sixth day of home confinement.