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People leaving the city were required to present negative virus tests and receive special permission. Trucks carrying food and medical will be allowed in but drivers were told to wear masks and take other steps to avoid transmitting the virus, according to a city government notice.

Automaker Volkswagen AG said it shut down two factories in Tianjin on Monday and employees have been tested twice. Tianjin conducted mass testing for a second time Wednesday. The government asked residents to wait at home until they receive a negative result. During the Tokyo Olympics in July, Japan saw a widespread outbreak driven by the delta variant. Wang Dacheng, another resident, said his father who has trouble walking was able to get tested in their apartment.

That started with the then-unprecedented step of sealing off 11 million people in the central city Wuhan, where the virus was first detected, and other parts of surrounding Hubei province. The government also has prohibited most foreign travelers from coming into China and uses digital surveillance to track members of the public. The measures have kept the virus from spreading into a full-fledged national outbreak so far.

Mainland China has had , confirmed symptomatic cases as of late Monday, including both local and imported ones. This content is not available in your region. The latest infections bring the tally of local cases in Xian to more than 1, since Dec.