COVID-19 lockdown in China

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COVID-19 lockdown in China
Part of the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
Top: Montage of various scenes in Wuhan during the outbreak Bottom Map Legend:   Areas that have been or are being blocked due to the outbreak   Areas not yet blocked but with more cases
Date	23 January – 8 April 2020 (2 months, 2 weeks and 2 days; most of Hubei ended on 25 March 2020; Wuhan lockdown ended on 8 April 2020)
Location	Hubei, China
Caused by	COVID-19 pandemic
Goals	Quarantine the region of the COVID-19 outbreak
Methods	Suspension of all public transport, and control of movement in and out of the city
Resulted in	About 13 million quarantined in Wuhan; over 57 million in fifteen other cities [1]
Wuhan in Hubei province, China

People in Wuhan rush to buy vegetables.

On 23 January 2020, the central government of China imposed a lockdown in Wuhan and other cities in Hubei in an effort to quarantine the center of an outbreak of COVID-19; this action was commonly referred to as the Wuhan lockdown (Chinese :武汉封城; pinyin :Wǔhàn fēng chéng). The World Health Organization (WHO), although stating that it was beyond its own guidelines, commended the move, calling it "unprecedented in public health history". ^[2]

The lockdown in Wuhan set the precedent for similar measures in other Chinese cities. Within hours of the Wuhan lockdown, travel restrictions were also imposed on the nearby cities of Huanggang and Ezhou, and were eventually imposed on all 15 other cities in Hubei, affecting a total of about 57 million people. ^{[3] [4]} On 2 February 2020, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, implemented a seven-day lockdown in which only one person per household was allowed to exit once each two days, and most of the highway exits were closed. ^[5] On 13 March 2020, Huangshi ^[6] and Qianjiang ^[7] became the first Hubei cities to remove strict travel restrictions within part or all of their administrative confines. On 8 April 2020, the Wuhan lockdown officially ended. ^[8] The lockdown, combined with other public health measures in early 2020, succeeded in suppressing virus transmission and averted a more widespread outbreak in China. ^{[9] [10]}

Subsequent lockdowns were introduced in other regions of China in response to localised outbreaks during the two years following. The largest of these was Shanghai in early 2022.

Some Western observers, such as Amnesty International, were initially skeptical of the lockdown; ^{[11] [12]} however, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread to other countries and territories, similar measures were enacted around the globe.

A series of protests in mainland China against COVID-19 lockdowns began in November 2022.

On 7 December 2022, China's National Health Commission in a 10-point announcement stipulated that negative COVID-19 tests would no longer be required, apart from vulnerable areas such as nurseries, elderly care facilities and schools. ^[13]

Background

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province in China. With a population of over 11 million, it is the largest city in Hubei, the most populous city in Central China, the seventh-most populous Chinese city, and one of the nine National Central Cities of China. Wuhan lies in the eastern Jianghan Plain, on the confluence of the Yangtze River and its largest tributary, the Han River. It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and expressways passing through the city and connecting to other major cities. Because of its key role in domestic transport, Wuhan is known as the "Nine Provinces' Thoroughfare" (九省通衢) ^[14] and sometimes referred to as "the Chicago of China". ^{[15] [16] [17]}

2020 lockdowns

Hubei

The last train on the Wuhan Metro before the lockdown

Map of locked down administrative divisions of Hubei

In mid-December 2019 the Chinese Government acknowledged an emerging cluster of people, many linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, were infected with pneumonia with no clear causes. Chinese scientists subsequently linked the pneumonia to a new strain of coronavirus that was given the initial designation 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Some of the first symptoms appeared on 10 December, and 24 cases were later discovered to have connection to the seafood market. ^[18]

Within three weeks of the first known cases, the government built sixteen large mobile hospitals in Wuhan and sent 40,000 medical staff to the city. ^{[19] : 137}

On 10 January 2020, the first death and 41 clinically confirmed infections caused by the coronavirus were reported. ^[20]

By 22 January, the novel coronavirus had spread to major cities and provinces in China, with 571 confirmed cases and 17 deaths reported. Confirmed cases were also reported in other regions and countries, including Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, and the United States.

According to Li Lanjuan, a professor at Zhejiang University's school of medicine and member of the high-level expert team convened by the National Health Commission, she had urged a lockdown on Wuhan on several occasions between 19 January and 22 January 2020 as a last resort to contain the epidemic. ^[21]

At 2 am on 23 January, authorities issued a notice informing residents of Wuhan that from 10 am, all public transport, including buses, railways, flights, and ferry services would be suspended. The Wuhan Airport, the Wuhan railway station, and the Wuhan Metro were all closed. The residents of Wuhan were also not allowed to leave the city without permission from the authorities. ^[22] The notice caused an exodus from Wuhan. An estimated 300,000 people were reported to have left Wuhan by train alone before the 10 am lockdown. ^[23] By the afternoon of 23 January, the authorities began shutting down some of the major highways leaving Wuhan. ^[24] The lockdown came two days before the Chinese New Year, the most important festival in the country, and traditionally the peak traveling season, when millions of Chinese travel across the country. ^{[22] [24]}

Following the lockdown of Wuhan, public transportation systems in two of Wuhan's neighboring prefecture-level cities, Huanggang and Ezhou, were also placed on lockdown. ^[22] A total of 12 other county to prefecture-level cities in Hubei, including Huangshi, Jingzhou, Yichang, Xiaogan, Jingmen, Suizhou, Xianning, Qianjiang, Xiantao, Shiyan, Tianmen and Enshi, were placed on traveling restrictions by the end of 24 January, bringing the number of people affected by the restriction to more than 50 million. ^[1]

Lockdown timeline

• 23 January, transport in Wuhan, Huanggang and Ezhou severely restricted, including closure of public transit, trains, airports, and major highways
• 24 January, travel restrictions enacted in 12 additional prefecture-level cities in Hubei
• 13 February, the Chinese government has issued extension of order to shut down all non-essential companies, including manufacturing plants, in Hubei Province until at least 24:00 20 February.
• 20 February, the Chinese government has issued extension of order to shut down all non-essential companies, including manufacturing plants, and all schools in Hubei Province until at least 24:00 10 March. ^[25]
• 13 March: Huangshi removes controls and permits on road traffic within its urban area; ^[6] Qianjiang does the same for its entire administrative area. ^[7]
• 14 March: Hubei Sanitation and Health Committee (卫生健康委员会) Vice-chairperson Liu Dongru (柳东如) announces that only Wuhan remains a "high-risk area", ^[26] and that the entirety of the rest of the province is considered medium- or "low-risk areas". Any low-risk township-level divisions, in addition to those medium- and high-risk divisions with no confirmed active cases, could lift their blockades and other mobility controls. ^[27] Per China News Service reporting, by 14 March, besides the aforementioned Huangshi and Qianjiang, Yichang, Huanggang, Suizhou, Xiantao, Jingzhou, Jingmen, Shiyan, Xiangyang, Tianmen and Shennongjia had announced "measures to lessen controls" and for industries to incrementally resume work and production. ^[27]
• 17 March: Jingzhou removes its permit requirements for transport, resuming normal transport operations, and also removes entry/exit controls on xiaoqu . ^[28]
• 18 March: The Hubei taskforce to control COVID-19 (湖北省新冠肺炎疫情防控指挥部) announces that, with the exception of exit/entry into Wuhan and the province as a whole, all anti-COVID-19 traffic checkpoints within the province are to be removed. ^[29]
• 22 March: Wuhan loosens its two-month lockdown. ^[30]
• 25 March: Hubei lifts the lockdown outside of Wuhan, ^[31] although people will still need to confirm their "Green Code" health classification, designated by Alipay's monitoring system, ^[31] to travel. ^[32]
• 8 April: Wuhan lifts its lockdown, resumes all transportation, ^[33] with residents intending to leave the city facing similar "Green Code" requirements as those in the rest of the province. ^{[32] [34]}

v t e Cities under lockdown in China
Place	Province	Start date	End date	City level	Population	Cases	Deaths	Recoveries	Active
Wuhan	Hubei	2020-01-23	2020-04-08 [35] [27] [36]	Sub-provincial	11,081,000	50,340	3,869	46,471	0
Xiaogan	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	4,920,000	3,518	129	3,389	0
Huanggang	Hubei	2020-01-23	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	6,330,000	2,907	125	2,782	0
Jingzhou	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-17 [38]	Prefectural	5,590,200	1,580	52	1,528	0
Ezhou	Hubei	2020-01-23	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	1,077,700	1,394	59	1,335	0
Suizhou	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	2,216,700	1,307	45	1,262	0
Xiangyang	Hubei	2020-01-28 [39]	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	5,669,000	1,175	40	1,135	0
Huangshi	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-13 [40]	Prefectural	2,470,700	1,015	39	976	0
Yichang	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	4,135,850	931	37	894	0
Jingmen	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	2,896,500	928	41	887	0
Xianning	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	2,543,300	836	15	821	0
Shiyan	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	3,406,000	672	8	664	0
Xiantao	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-25 [37]	Sub-prefectural	1,140,500	575	22	553	0
Tianmen	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-25 [37]	Sub-prefectural	1,272,300	496	15	481	0
Enshi	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-25 [37]	Prefectural	3,378,000	252	7	245	0
Qianjiang	Hubei	2020-01-24	2020-03-13 [41]	Sub-prefectural	966,000	198	9	189	0
Shennongjia	Hubei	2020-01-27	2020-03-25 [37]	Sub-prefectural	78,912	11	0	11	0
Wenzhou	Zhejiang	2020-02-02	2020-02-20 [42]	Prefectural	9,190,000	507	1	503	3
Ürümqi	Xinjiang	2020-07-18	2020-08-26 [43]	Prefectural	3,519,600	845	0	845	0
Shijiazhuang	Hebei	2021-01-07	2021-01-31 [44]	Prefectural	11,031,200	977	1	962	14
Xi'an	Shaanxi	2021-12-22 [45]	2022-01-16 [46]	Sub-provincial	8,467,838	2,265	3	2,185	77
Yuzhou	Henan	2022-01-04 [47]	2022-01-31 [48]	County	1,167,000	-	-	-	-
Anyang	Henan	2022-01-10 [49]	2022-02-03 [50]	Prefectural	5,477,614	522	0	522	0
Shenzhen	Guangdong	2022-03-14 [51] [52]	2022-03-21 [53] [54]	Sub-provincial	17,560,000	982	3	428	551
Shanghai	Shanghai	2022-04-01 [55]	2022-06-01 [56]	Direct-administered municipality	24,870,895
Lockdown total	101,602,895	68,135	4,512	63,623	0
Outbreak ongoing: Infection and fatality data as of 24:00 (UTC+8) 4 June 2020. [57] [58] Totals will evolve.

Elsewhere in China

Lockdowns by outdoor restrictions

On 1 February in Huanggang, Hubei implemented a measure whereby only one person from each household is permitted to go outside for provisions once every two days, except for medical reasons or to work at shops or pharmacies. Many cities, districts, and counties across mainland China implemented similar measures in the days following, including Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Harbin, and the whole of Jiangxi.

Chinese administrative divisions with household-based outdoor restrictions

Administrative division	Division Level	Provincial division	Start date	End date	Ordinary population	Population year	Notes	Sources
Huanggang	Prefectural	Hubei	2020-02-01	2020-03-22	6,162,069	2010		[59]
Wenzhou	Prefectural	Zhejiang	2020-02-02	2020-02-08	9,190,000	2017
Wenling	Prefectural	Zhejiang	2020-02-02		1,366,800	2010
Fangchenggang	Prefectural	Guangxi	2020-02-02	2020-02-08	860,100	2010
Guigang	Prefectural	Guangxi	2020-02-02		1,562,200 (Urban only)	2010	Urban districts only
Yuzhou, Yulin	District	Guangxi	2020-02-02	2020-02-09	900,000	2010
Zhouzhi, Xi'an	County	Shaanxi	2020-02-02		562,768	2010	One person per household every day
Huyi, Xi'an	District	Shaanxi	2020-02-03	2020-02-09	556,377	2010	One person per household every day
Bengbu	Prefectural	Anhui	2020-02-03		3,164,467	2010
Huaibei	Prefectural	Anhui	2020-02-03		2,114,276	2010
Bincheng, Binzhou	District	Shandong	2020-02-03	2020-02-09	682,717	2010
Taizhou	Prefectural	Zhejiang	2020-02-03		5,968,838	2010
Hangzhou	Prefectural	Zhejiang	2020-02-04		9,806,000	2017
Ezhou	Prefectural	Hubei	2020-02-04		1,048,668	2010
Fuzhou	Prefectural	Fujian	2020-02-04		7,660,000	2017
Xuzhou	Prefectural	Jiangsu	2020-02-04	2020-02-08	8,577,225	2010
Jingdezhen	Prefectural	Jiangxi	2020-02-04	2020-03-31	1,655,000	2015		[60]
Harbin	Prefectural	Heilongjiang	2020-02-04		10,635,971	2010
Yicheng, Zhumadian	District	Henan	2020-02-04		721,723	2010	One person per household every five days
Xincheng, Xi'an	District	Shaanxi	2020-02-04		589,739	2010
Chang'an, Xi'an	District	Shaanxi	2020-02-04		1,083,285	2010
Yanta, Xi'an	District	Shaanxi	2020-02-05		1,178,529	2010
Lianhu, Xi'an	District	Shaanxi	2020-02-05		712,300	2015
Ningbo	Prefectural	Zhejiang	2020-02-05		8,202,000	2018
Hailing, Taizhou	District	Jiangsu	2020-02-05		594,656	2010
Hefei	Prefectural	Anhui	2020-02-05		7,965,300	2017
Fuyang	Prefectural	Anhui	2020-02-05	2020-02-08	7,599,913	2010
Benxi	Prefectural	Liaoning	2020-02-05		1,709,538	2017
Ngawa	Autonomous Prefecture	Sichuan	2020-02-05		930,100	2015
Garzê	Autonomous Prefecture	Sichuan	2020-02-05		1,164,900	2015
Liuzhou	Prefectural	Guangxi	2020-02-05		3,758,700	2010
Guilin	Prefectural	Guangxi	2020-02-05		4,961,600	2015
Jinchengjiang, Hechi	District	Guangxi	2020-02-05		330,131	2010	One person per household every day
Jiangxi	Province	–	2020-02-06	2020-03-31	45,200,000	2013		[60]
Xianyang	Prefectural	Shaanxi	2020-02-06		5,096,001	2010
Jinzhou	Prefectural	Liaoning	2020-02-06		3,070,000	2010
Kuancheng, Changchun	District	Jilin	2020-02-06		680,631	2010
Tangshan	Prefectural	Hebei	2020-02-07		7,935,800	2018
Baodi, Tianjin	District	Tianjin	2020-02-09		799,057	2010
Hubei	Province	–	2020-02-16	2020-03-13 ~2020-04-08	59,020,000	2018
Suifenhe	County	Heilongjiang	2020-04-08		69,607	2018	One person per household every three days
All					233,511,355		Sum of census data and population estimates above

Closed management in Jintan District, Changzhou, Jiangsu, where citizens are allowed outside for purchasing once every two days with permit.

Some areas took road closure measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Pictured is a road closure notice on Tianhe Road, Yucheng Subdistrict, Yuhuan, Zhejiang.

A slogan for road closure in Lyushunkou District, Dalian, Liaoning.

Residents in Wuhan had to buy daily necessities and food across the fence gate due to their community lockdown.

Closed management of communities

Many areas across China have implemented what is called "closed management" (Chinese :封闭式管理; pinyin :fēngbìshì guǎnlǐ) on a community-basis. In most of the areas where this came into effect, villages, communities, and units in most areas would only keep one entrance and exit point open, and each household is allowed limited numbers of entrances and exits. In some places, night-time access is prohibited, effectively a curfew, and in extreme cases, access is prohibited throughout the day. ^[61] People entering and leaving are required to wear masks and receive temperature tests. In some areas, vouchers are issued to the public, with vouchers and valid credentials. There are also areas where people are allowed to declare on WeChat mini-programs or public accounts and some apps at the same time. ^[62] Courier and food delivery personnel are usually prohibited from entering. Control in communities with confirmed cases is more stringent.

List by the time of official announcement:

Closed management of communities in Mainland China during the COVID-19 outbreak

Start Date	End Date	Place	Province	City level	Sources and Notes
2020-01-31	2020-03-25	Wanzhou	Chongqing	county	[63]
	2020-03-25	Liangping		county
	April 2020	Wuzhong City	Ningxia	prefecture
		Yinchuan City		prefecture
2020-02-02	2020-02-19	Wenzhou City	Zhejiang	prefecture	[64] [65] [66] [67] [68]
2020-02-03	2020-04-10	Huai'an City	Jiangsu	prefecture	[69]
		Jiangyin City		county	[70]
2020-02-04		Hangzhou City	Zhejiang	Sub-provincial	[71] [72]
		Ningbo City		prefecture
		Zhengzhou City	Henan	Sub-provincial
		Zhumadian City		prefecture
		Linyi City	Shandong	prefecture
		Harbin City	Heilongjiang	Sub-provincial
		Nanjing City	Jiangsu	Sub-provincial	[73]
		Xuzhou City		prefecture	until 24:00 on 8 February
		Changzhou City		prefecture	[74]
		Nantong City		prefecture	[75]
		Zhenjiang City		prefecture	[76]
		Jiangyan District		county	[77]
		Fuzhou City	Fujian	Sub-provincial
		Jingdezhen City	Jiangxi	prefecture	[78]
2020-02-05		Haikou City	Hainan	prefecture
		Sanya City		prefecture	[79]
		Kunming City	Yunnan	Sub-provincial
		Qingdao City	Shandong	prefecture
		Jinan City		Sub-provincial
		Tai'an City		prefecture
		Rizhao City		prefecture
		Nanchang City	Jiangxi	Sub-provincial
	2020-03-18	Hefei City	Anhui	Sub-provincial
		Nanning City	Guangxi	Sub-provincial
		Shijiazhuang City	Hebei	Sub-provincial
		Yangzhou City	Jiangsu	prefecture	[80]
		Taizhou City		prefecture	[81]
		Suqian City		prefecture	[82]
		Buning County		County	[83]
2020-02-06		—	Liaoning
		—	Jiangxi		[84]
		Jilin City	Jilin
	2020-03-18	Ma'anshan City	Anhui	prefecture
		Zhuhai City	Guangdong	prefecture
		Ya'an City	Sichuan	prefecture
		Neijiang City		prefecture
		Suzhou City	Jiangsu	prefecture	[85]
2020-02-07		—	Hubei		Community closed management further added on 10 February
	2020-03-18	—	Anhui		[86]
		—	Tianjin		[87]
		Guangzhou City	Guangdong	Sub-provincial
		Shenzhen City		prefecture
		Lanzhou City	Gansu	Sub-provincial
		Chengdu City	Sichuan	Sub-provincial	[88]
		Suining City		prefecture
		Guangyuan City		prefecture
		Guiyang City	Guizhou	Sub-provincial
		Zunyi City		prefecture
		Tangshan City	Hebei	prefecture	[89]
		Lianyungang City	Jiangsu	prefecture	[90]
		Jiangjin District	Chongqing	county
2020-02-08		—	Chongqing		[91]
		Ziyang City	Sichuan	prefecture
		Foshan City	Guangdong	prefecture
2020-02-09		Deyang City	Sichuan	prefecture
		Mianyang City		prefecture
		Huizhou City	Guangdong	prefecture
		Dongguan City		prefecture
		Hanzhong City	Shaanxi	prefecture
		Wuxi City	Jiangsu	prefecture	[92]
2020-02-10		—	Beijing		[93]
		—	Shanghai		[94]
2020-02-12		—	Neimenggu		[95]
2020-03-31		Jia County	Henan	County	[96]
2020-04-08		Suifenhe City	Heilongjiang	prefecture	[97]
14 March 2022		Shenzhen City	Guangdong	prefecture	[98] [99] [100]

Impacts and reactions

The exodus from Wuhan before the lockdown resulted in angry responses on the Chinese microblogging website Sina Weibo from residents in other cities who were concerned that it could result in spreading of the novel coronavirus to their cities. Some in Wuhan were concerned with the availability of provisions and especially medical supplies during the lockdown. ^{[24] [101]}

The World Health Organization called the Wuhan lockdown "unprecedented" and said it showed "how committed the authorities are to contain a viral breakout". However, WHO clarified that the move was not a recommendation that WHO had made and authorities have to wait and see how effective it is. ^[2] The WHO separately stated that the possibility of locking down an entire city in this way was "new to science". ^[102]

The CSI 300 Index, an aggregate measure of the top 300 stocks in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, dropped almost 3% on 23 January 2020, the biggest single-day loss in almost 9 months, after the Wuhan lockdown was announced as investors reacting to the drastic measure sought safe haven for their investments. ^[103]

The unprecedented scale of this lockdown generated controversy, and at least one expert criticized this measure as "risky business" that "could very easily backfire" by forcing otherwise healthy people in Wuhan to stay in close conditions with infected people. ^[104] Drawing a cordon sanitaire around a city of 11 million people raises ethical concerns. It also drew comparisons to the lockdown of the poor West Point neighbourhood in Liberia during the 2014 ebola outbreak, which was lifted after ten days. ^{[104] [105]}

The lockdown caused panic in the city of Wuhan, and many expressed concern about the city's ability to cope with the outbreak. At the time, some experts questioned whether the large costs of such a vast lockdown, both financially and in terms of personal liberty, would translate to effective infection control. ^[102] Medical historian Howard Markel argued that the Chinese government "may now be overreacting, imposing an unjustifiable burden on the population," and said that "incremental restrictions, enforced steadily and transparently, tend to work far better than draconian measures." ^[106] Others, such as Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, defended the intent behind the lockdowns, saying that they have bought the world a "delay to essentially prepare better." Mathematical epidemiologist Gerardo Chowell of Georgia State University stated that based on mathematical modelling, "containment strategies implemented in China are successfully reducing transmission." ^[107]

However, as the global COVID-19 pandemic worsened, similar lockdown measures were enacted around the world. After northern Italy became a new hotspot of the outbreak in late February, the Italian government has enacted what has been called a "Wuhan-style lockdown," by quarantining nearly a dozen towns of 50,000 people in the provinces of Lombardy and Veneto. ^{[108] [109]} Iran, another developing hotspot for the coronavirus as of 25 February, has come under calls to assume similar lockdown procedures as China and Italy. Security experts such as Gal Luft of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security in Washington, have said that "The best way for Iran to deal with the disease is to do precisely what China has done – quarantine." and that "If Wuhan with its 11 million population can be under quarantine, so can Tehran with its 8 million" ^[110]

By late 2020, public health experts estimated that the Wuhan lockdown prevented between 500,000 and 3 million infections and between 18,000 and 70,000 deaths. ^[111] A November 2021 study examining data from the first half of 2020 estimated that over 347,000 deaths may have been prevented in China by COVID-19 prevention measures from 1 January 2020, to 31 July 2020. The estimate does not solely include deaths that would have occurred due to COVID-19. It includes deaths that were inadvertently prevented, such as from traffic collisions or air pollution. ^[112]

See also

• 2022 COVID-19 protests in China
• 2022 Ürümqi fire

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