CNN —Chinese authorities said Saturday they would ease a months-long Covid lockdown in the country’s far western region of Xinjiang “in stages”, following protests over a deadly fire at an apartment building in the regional capital of Urumqi. High-rise buildings and apartments in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, China, on May 24. Urumqi, with a population of close to 4 million people, has been under a strict lockdown since August, yet despite the measures its daily Covid infections continue to hover around 100. Sui Rong, the propaganda chief of Urumqi, claimed the city had “basically eliminated Covid cases in society” because of the lockdown measures. This week, Covid cases in the country reached record highs, according to the National Health Commission.
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