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China’s Chengdu enforces strict lockdown despite earthquake

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, medical workers transfer patients to safe area at Renmin Hospital of Shimian County in Ya'an City, in the aftermath of an earthquake in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Monday Sept. 5, 2022. Many people were reported killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown. (Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers transfer survivors across a river following an earthquake in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Dozens people were reported killed and missing in an earthquake that shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown. (Cheng Xueli/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers transfer survivors across a river following an earthquake in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Dozens people were reported killed and missing in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown. (Cheng Xueli/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers transfer survivors following an earthquake in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Dozens people were reported killed and missing in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown. (Cheng Xueli/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers carry a villager across a river following an earthquake in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Dozens people were reported killed and missing in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown. (Cheng Xueli/Xinhua via AP) Women wearing face masks walk by a mural depicting a communist party flag and a party slogan in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. China has locked down millions of its citizens under tough COVID-19 restrictions and is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming national holidays. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)