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The Chinese government has been following a "zero-COVID" strategy, which focuses on mass testing and lockdowns to ensure that even smallest cluster of infections don't lead to
a wider outbreak. Economic experts have begun to predict that the country's growth rate will be affected due to it attempts to stamp out the virus. "Renewed restrictions, notably
the lockdown in Shenzhen, will weigh on consumption and cause supply disruptions in the near term," Tommy Wu of Oxford Economics said, as quoted by AFP . He also argued that it would be
"challenging" for China to meet its official GDP growth target for 2022, which the government has set at 5.5 percent. A full lockdown was imposed in Shenzhen, a city in southern
China, on Sunday, 13 March. The lockdown was announced by the local government after the city reported 66 new coronavirus cases. The central business district was immediately closed down.
_(With inputs from AFP and Reuters)_
