Chinese city of 21 million shuts down over Covid outbreak

Chengdu will become the latest Chinese city to go into effective lockdown as the country remains wedded to a zero-Covid strategy

Around 21 million people in the Chinese city of Chengdu effectively went into lockdown on Thursday as authorities raced to snuff out a new Covid-19 outbreak.

Swedish carmaker Volvo said the lockdown had forced it to temporarily close its Chengdu plant, which employs nearly 3,000 people.