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How Omicron variant spread has affected China's normal operations

Parents stand behind a tape line as they deliver bags to children at a school under lockdown, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China March 10, 2022. [Reuters]

Chinese officials in the Northeastern city of Changchun ordered the city of 9 million to be locked down on Friday.

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