China locks down Peking University over one COVID case, U.s. cases climb again

China locks down Peking University over one COVID case, showing commitment to zero-COVID policy Chinese authorities have locked down Peking University after finding a single coronavirus case in the latest sign of their commitment to their zero-COVID... Ciara Linnane MarketWatch

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Peking University has more than 40,000 students on multiple campuses, most of them in Beijing. It was unclear how many were affected by the new lockdown. The 124-year-old institution is one of China’s top universities and was a center of student protest in earlier decades. Its graduates include leading intellectuals, writers, politicians and businesspeople.

The news comes as known U.S. cases of COVID are climbing again for the first time in a few months. The daily average for new cases stood at 39,414 on Tuesday, according to a New York Times tracker, up 2% versus two weeks ago. 

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