Thirteen million inhabitants of central China's Xi'an were thrown into even more hardship this week when the city's COVID-19 tracking app crashed amid food and other necessary goods shortages as the country's most draconian pandemic measures since Wuhan's lockdown in 2020.

COVID app crash and hunger challenge China's biggest lockdown since Wuhan

As the city of Xian in northwest China, with a population of 13 million, enters its eighth day of lockdown in an effort to manage the current cluster of COVID-19 infections, many residents are running out of food.

No food after 8 days of lockdown: Locals in this Chinese city are miserable

The number of symptomatic coronavirus cases in China surged for the fourth day in a row, with Xian city reporting additional infections in a flare-up that has put 13 million people on lockdown.

China local symptomatic COVID cases rises for a 4th day as Xian outbreak expands

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COVID app crash and hunger challenge China's biggest lockdown since Wuhan

No food after 8 days of lockdown: Locals in this Chinese city are miserable

China local symptomatic COVID cases rises for a 4th day as Xian outbreak expands