Tourists stuck in China resort city after Covid lockdown

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There are more than 2,000 tourists stuck in a Chinese coastal city.

The mass testing of 1.9 million people was ordered by officials in the city.

Concerns about the impact of China's "zero- Covid" policy are growing.

The country's economy shrank in the second quarter of this year due to Covid-19 restrictions.

More than 450 infections were recorded in the five day period from July 13 to 16.

The Chinese government considers that level of cases to be high, even though it seems low by international standards.

If tourists show a negative Covid-19 test, they will be allowed to leave if they haven't been in contact with anyone who has contracted the disease.

The rest of the group must be kept in the city.

The Chinese version of TikTok, which has received more than 2,700 likes, was commented on by a tourist on her holiday in Beihai.

I just got out of a three month lock up in Shanghai. "Do I annoy anyone?" she asked.

There are steps being taken to combat rising Covid cases.

Residents in more than half of the city's 16 districts will have to be tested for the disease after similar tests were held last week.

The major financial, trade and manufacturing centre only reopened in June after being closed for two months.

It is one of many large Chinese cities that are fighting infections.

The Covid situation in China has worsened slightly on a national level over the past week, according to a note on Monday.

"Based on our own survey, 41 cities are currently implementing full or partial lockdowns or some kind of district-based control measures, which involve stringent measures restricting the mobility of local residents."

They said that these 41 cities made up 18.7% of China's population and 22.8% of its GDP.

The country's economy contracted in the second quarter of this year as businesses and consumers were affected by the coronaviruses.

The GDP fell in the second quarter of this year.

The country continued to pursue its zero-covid policy and large cities were put into full or partial lock downs.

GDP is the most important way to show how well an economy is doing.

It is a measure of activity in an economy.