Food shortages, sacked officials: What happened when one Chinese city shut down after Covid outbreak

Volunteers in protective suits disinfect in a residential area of Tonghua, China on January 24, 2021. Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — One small Chinese city’s rush to control the coronavirus has left some residents without food, and some officials without jobs. The fallout shows the extreme lengths to which local Chinese authorities will go to try to contain the coronavirus. While new cases in China so far this year remain far below that of other countries, the stringent prevention measures can quickly cause greater disruptions to work…