Trace Gallagher: China, South Korea, Iran, Germany Reinstating Lockdown Over New Coronavirus Flareups

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GALLAGHER: "The new lockdowns are happening in the northeast of China in the province of Jilin, which is about 1400 miles north of Wuhan. The population of Jilin is about 110 million. The lockdowns are targeting tens of thousands at a time. Still it means that many schools, businesses, public transportation hubs have been shut down. Some of them just opened a few weeks ago. So far, there are only 34 new cases of Coronavirus identified in Jilin — at least that is what the Chinese government says — but experts say that is a cluster that could quickly get out of hand. The strategy in China is also being used in Germany where targeted lockdowns have been activated in three districts. All three flareups associated with meat-packing plants. South Korea is ramping up its mass testing program once again after outbreaks have been linked to a nightclub district in Seoul, and Iran is also implementing new lockdowns in the southern part of the country after new outbreaks there. As for how all of this might impact a second round of shelter-in-place orders here in the U.S., experts say because the states primarily make their own decisions, any new flareups will likely be handled in a variety of different ways but that wide-scale lockdowns are likely to come with wide-scale resistance.”