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China locks down 65 million as holiday travel peak looms

A woman gets her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A worker sprays disinfectant around the shuttered Huaqiangbei Electronics Market following the coronavirus outbreak in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province on Sept. 3, 2022. China has locked down 65 million of its citizens under tough COVID-19 restrictions and is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming national holidays. (Chinatopix Via AP) A cleaner walks by the shuttered Huaqiangbei Electronics Market following the coronavirus outbreak in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province on Sept. 3, 2022. China has locked down 65 million of its citizens under tough COVID-19 restrictions and is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming national holidays. (Chinatopix Via AP) A volunteer in protective gears looks as residents line up to register to get their routine COVID-19 throat swabs at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A man pulls his mask to get his routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A woman pulls up her mask to get her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A woman pulls up her mask to get her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Residents line up to register to get their routine COVID-19 throat swabs at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) People wearing face masks wait in line to get their routine COVID-19 throat swabs at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China locks down 65 million as holiday travel peak looms