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Virus lockdowns hit China economic powerhouse Guangzhou

A woman wearing a face mask takes part in a dance at a public park in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Residents wearing face masks wait in line for their routine COVID-19 throat swabs at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A worker in protective suit holds a fan with the health check QR code talks on her phone at a coronavirus testing site displaying the words "Fight the epidemic" in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A man wearing a face mask talks to workers in protective clothing who keep watch at a barricaded neighborhood locked down for health monitoring following a COVID-19 case detected in the area in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Authorities are trying to restore a sense of normalcy while sticking to a "zero-COVID" strategy that locks down neighborhoods when any virus cases are found and quarantines everyone arriving from overseas in hotels for seven to 10 days. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Workers in protective clothing keep watch at a barricaded neighborhood locked down area for health monitoring following a COVID-19 case detected in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Authorities are trying to restore a sense of normalcy while sticking to a "zero-COVID" strategy that locks down neighborhoods when any virus cases are found and quarantines everyone arriving from overseas in hotels for seven to 10 days. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A man wearing a face mask leans on a display board as he rests near masked women who practice with fans at a public park in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A worker in protective clothing helps a man on his health check QR codes before getting his routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A woman wearing a face mask closes her liquor store along with a shuttered traditional medicine clinic which is located near a neighborhood locked down area for health monitoring following a COVID-19 case detected in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. "Zero COVID" has kept China's infection rates relatively low but at a high cost as businesses struggle with repeated shutdowns. The notes placed on the door that reads "Due to the epidemic, the store was ordered for temporally close". (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A man wearing face mask waits in line as a worker in protective suit collects a sample from a man at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A worker in protective clothing transfers foods to a barricaded neighborhood locked down for health monitoring following a COVID-19 case detected in the area in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Authorities are trying to restore a sense of normalcy while sticking to a "zero-COVID" strategy that locks down neighborhoods when any virus cases are found and quarantines everyone arriving from overseas in hotels for seven to 10 days. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)