Jiangxi Churches Cancel Celebrations at Christmas Amid New COVID-19 Outbreaks

南昌市基督教两会发布通知，由于当前疫情依然很严峻，经市两会办公会议研究决定，志道堂、清钟堂及洪都教堂12月24日晚“平安夜”、12月25日“圣诞节”全部暂停庆祝活动，12月26日主日崇拜照常进行。据志道堂微信公众号。

由于新冠病例激增，中国西北重镇西安周三（12月22日）下令1300万居民待在家中，禁止不必要的外出，据BBC中文。

22日到23日下午1点，西安发现91例本土病例，致使此轮疫情共234例。中国日报报道

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Three churches in Jiangxi Province will not hold celebrative activities at Christmas.

Nanchang Municipal CC&TSPM released notices on December 22, saying celebrations on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day would be canceled in Zhidao Church, Qingzhong Church, and Hongdu Church due to the grim and complex pandemic situation, according to Zhidao Church.

China announced to lock down about 13 million residents on December 22 in Xi’an, the capital of China’s north-western Shaanxi Province, the BBC reported.

From December 22 to 1 pm on December 23, the city found 91 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, and the total number of the city’s confirmed cases reached 234 in the current outbreak, China Daily said.

- Translated by Abigail Wu