China’s Guangzhou locks down millions in ‘zero-COVID’ fightTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou locked down its largest district Monday as it tries to tamp down a major COVID-19 outbreak, suspending public transit and requiring residents to present a negative test if they want to leave their homes.The outbreak is testing China’s attempt to bring a more targeted approach to its zero-COVID policies while facing multiple outbreaks driven by fast-spreading omicron variants.While critics have questioned China’s COVID-19 numbers, and specifically its death toll, its intensive approach to trying to contain infections has prevented massive outbreaks and kept new daily cases lower than in many other countries.Earlier this month, China announced that it was relaxing some of its ’“zero-COVID” policies, such as suspending flights from airlines that had brought a certain number of passengers who tested positive.Hong Kong leader Lee isolating with COVID-19 after APEC tripPhilly Pops, founded in 1979, to shut down after seasonBrazilian economist will lead regional development bankNo more mad cow worries, banned blood donors can give againLarger cities are still holding on to some of the tested measures, though in a more fragmented manner than shutting down an entire city, which they had previously done."