Covid: China locks down millions more

China yesterday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country's northeast as it battles its biggest Covid-19 outbreak in two years. Jilin, the second-biggest city in Jilin province, will lock down about 4.5 million inhabitants for three days from Monday night, local authorities announced. More than 4,000 new infections were reported across China yesterday -- with two-thirds in Jilin province, which borders Russia and North Korea. Changchun, Jilin province's capital, said Saturday it would also tighten restrictions for three days. Tens of millions of people are currently in lockdown in other regions and authorities are rushing to create hospital beds, fearing the outbreak could put the healthcare system under strain.