On July 17, 2020, the Chinese authorities locked down Urumqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, due to the coronavirus infection.
The Xinjiang Health Commission reported a confirmed case in the city on July 15 and another five on July 16. There were also 11 asymptomatic carriers on those two days. However, since the Chinese Communist Party is known for hiding data, the actual infection count in Urumqi is unclear.
The authorities stopped all public transportation, locked down neighborhood communities, closed restaurants, and required visitors to provide coronavirus test reports (which should be negative) when staying in hotels. Taxi services were also stopped and a lot of flights were cancelled.
It seems that the Urumqi authorities reported its coronavirus cases after Zhejiang Province tested a traveler from Urumqi on July 15 and found he tested positive.
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Excerpt in Chinese:
据新疆维吾尔自治区卫生健康委最新通报，7月16日0时至17日12时，新疆维吾尔自治区（含新疆生产建设兵团）报告新增新冠肺炎确诊病例5例、无症状感染者8例，为乌鲁木齐市病例。新增确诊病例和无症状感染者均为接受集中医学观察人员。截至7月17日12时，新疆（含兵团）现有确诊病例6例、无症状感染者11例，均在乌鲁木齐市，现有135人接受医学观察。
乌鲁木齐此次首例确诊病例为24岁女性，据智慧健康乌鲁木齐微信公号7月16日消息：
该病例系中泉广场三楼营业厅工作人员，常住地为乌鲁木齐市天山区。7月10日，该病例因咽喉疼痛等症状，由120救护车运送至定点医院。7月14日，其出现发热、头痛等症状，7月15日，核酸检测结果呈阳性，经专家诊断为确诊病例，临床分型为轻型。
据澎湃新闻消息，微信公众号“健康浙江”7月16日消息：
7月15日0~24时，新增无症状感染者1例（新疆输入），无新增确诊病例。截至15日24时，累计报告确诊病例1270例（境外输入病例51例）。
“健康浙江”通报，新增无症状感染者：库某某，男，50岁，户籍新疆乌鲁木齐，在绍兴经商。
7月16日晚间，乌鲁木齐地铁发布停运通告，自16日22时起，乌鲁木齐轨道交通一号线停止运营。7月17日乌鲁木齐机场航班大量取消。
同时这位游客还称，目前乌鲁木齐市的公交车也已经停运。路上的出租车空车行驶也不接客。滴滴网约车从昨晚已经停运。
城市里公共交通停运，小区封闭管理，餐厅停止营业，住酒店须持核酸检测报告，许多游客到医院做检测。
Source: Sina, July 17, 2020
https://news.sina.cn/gn/2020-07-17/detail-iivhvpwx6007571.d.html