Homes have been sealed and large numbers of travelers are stranded in a prefecture in China’s Xinjiang region bordering Kazakhstan where two new cases of COVID-19 have been found, according to residents. The Xinjiang Health Commission reported on Oct. 3 two new cases of asymptomatic infections in Khorgos City, Ili Kazakh Prefecture (Ili Prefecture). On the same day, the city, with a population of 85,000, reportedly contact traced 192 people, all of whom were quarantined. Local residents told the Chinese language Epoch Times about the current situation in the affected region which is on the China-Kazakhstan border. “This place is under complete lockdown and no outsiders can come in,” a resident surnamed Li in Khorgos City said on Oct. 4. “A large number of travelers are stranded here and not allowed to leave. They have been put in hotels and monitored by government-designated personnel,” she said. Li said that she was also …
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