The latest news on Zhengzhou lockdown in 2022: What are the specific lockdown areas? When will the blockade be lifted?

During the May Day holiday, five staff members were found infected at Zhengzhou East High-speed Railway Station. Due to the large flow of personnel at the high-speed railway station, the local government immediately adopted the most stringent epidemic prevention and control measures. Therefore, news of Zhengzhou’s lockdown has also spread online. So what is the latest news about Zhengzhou’s lockdown in 2022? What are the specific blockade areas? When will it be unblocked?

1. The latest news on Zhengzhou lockdown in 2022: What are the lockdown areas?

Zhengzhou was not locked down in May 2022, but it designated several lockdown areas and control areas. People in those designated as lockdown areas and control areas needed to be under closed management and were not allowed to leave their homes. According to Notice No. 79 of 2022 issued by the Zhengzhou Epidemic Prevention and Air Defense Office, this round of local epidemic mainly involves Jinshui District, Erqi District, Guancheng District, Huiji District, and parts of Xingyang City. The following are the sealed-off areas:

1.2022 The latest scope of the blockade area in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou:

The first and second family quarters of the College of Animal Husbandry and Economics in Rongyuan Community, Beilin Road Sub-district Office; Meijinghua County in Jinyin Community, Guoji Road Sub-district Office; Renhe Garden North Courtyard in Yujincheng Community, Beilin Road Sub-district Office; Phase 2 of Kaixiang Yulongcheng resettlement housing in Shierlitun Village, Dongfeng Road Sub-district Office.

2.2022 The latest scope of the blockade area in Erqi District, Zhengzhou:

Building A, B, and C (including the ground floor shops) of Jingsha Plaza, the Taiwanese community of Changjiang Road Sub-district Office, Building 2 of Zhongyue Building, Building 10 and Building 21 of Kaiyuan Licheng Community in Daizhuang Community; Unit 2, Building 3, Changjiang Garden Community, Guangxing Community, Renhe Road Sub-district Office; Building 2, Nancai Community, Dehua Street Sub-district Office, Dehua Community; Building 6, Longyue Garden Community, Hanghai North Street Community, Fuhua Street Sub-district Office, and Building 10 of the living area of ​​Xiaozhaozhai Community; Qiantang Clothing City, Yinmachi Community, Yimalu Sub-district Office; residential communities within 14 sub-district offices including Yimalu Sub-district Office, Jiefang Road Sub-district Office, Dehua Street Sub-district Office, Minggong Road Sub-district Office, Mifengzhang Sub-district Office, Wulibao Sub-district Office, University Road Sub-district Office, Huaihe Road Sub-district Office, Jianzhong Street Sub-district Office, Fuhua Street Sub-district Office, Songshan Road Sub-district Office, Jingguang Road Sub-district Office, Changjiang Road Sub-district Office, and Renhe Road Sub-district Office; Xinjia Lijing Community, Guojiazui Community, Jinshuiyuan Sub-district Office.

3.2022 Zhengzhou Guancheng District lockdown area latest update:

Building 5, Taiji Mansion, Yanchanghoujie Community, Nanguan Sub-district Office, Building 4, Yard 135, Buchang Street, Huigong Street Community, Unit 1, Building 24, Jinyi New Era Community, Building 4 and Building 11, Yard 19, Huayuancun Community; Unit 3, Building 66, Meijing Tiancheng, Meijing Community, Hanghai East Road Sub-district Office; Guancheng Garden, Huayi Community, Xidajie Sub-district Office. Meijing Tiancheng Community, Meijing Community, Hanghai East Road Sub-district Office; Yongheng Ideal World Community, Xibao Community, Zijingshan South Road Sub-district Office; the area south of Datong Road, west of Nanshuncheng Street, south of Chengnan Road, west of Xiong'er River in Houfuminli, east of the junction of Guancheng District and Erqi District, and north of the junction of Xiong'er River and Beijing-Guangzhou Railway.

4.2022 The latest scope of the blockade area in Huiji District, Zhengzhou:

No. 5, Linyuxi'an, Linyuxi'an Community, Yingbin Road Sub-district Office; the area east of Wenhua Road, west of Xiangshan Road, south of Kaiyuan Road, and north of Binhe Road; the area east of Dongfengqu Binhe Road, west of Wenhua Road, south of Yingcai Street, and north of Binhe Road; Phase I of Muma Jiayuan, Muma Village, Yingbin Road Sub-district Office.

5.2022 The latest scope of the sealed-off area in Xingyang City, Zhengzhou:

Courtyards 27, 39, 40, and 174, Chenzhuang Village, Yulong Town;

6.2022 The latest scope of the blockade area in Zhongmu County, Zhengzhou:

The area east of Yanming Avenue, west of Dongzhang Road, south of Provincial Highway 312, and north of Weisi East Road in Yanminghu Town; Building 20, Lujing International City, Binhe Community, Guanghui Street Sub-district Office.

All personnel in the above-mentioned blockaded areas will be assigned a red health code in Zhengzhou, and will be subject to regional closure, house-staying, and door-to-door service management measures. They will undergo nucleic acid testing in accordance with relevant epidemic prevention and control regulations and avoid going out unless necessary.

2. When will Zhengzhou be unsealed in 2022?

This round of local epidemic in Zhengzhou is expected to be lifted at the end of May or early June. Because according to the 31st press conference held by Zhengzhou City, the overall transmission chain is relatively clear and the risk of epidemic transmission is basically controllable. However, judging from the epidemiological investigation and distribution of personnel, the cases involved many activity venues and the personnel composition was complex, and there was a certain risk of community transmission and spillover of the epidemic. At present, the control zone in Zhengzhou's main urban area is implemented, and it is strictly forbidden to leave the area and gather. Party and government offices, enterprises and institutions in the city are required to work from home; schools and kindergartens in the main urban area have temporarily postponed the opening of classes; people are not allowed to leave Zhengzhou unless necessary, and people are not allowed to enter Zhengzhou unless necessary.

In general, the latest news about Zhengzhou’s lockdown in 2022 is that people in the sealed-off and controlled areas in the main urban area are not allowed to leave the area and closed management will be implemented. The lockdown areas in Zhengzhou mainly involve Jinshui District, Erqi District, Guancheng District, Huiji District, Xingyang City, and parts of Zhongmou County. It is expected that the good news of unblocking will be gradually received around the end of May.