The epidemic in the Tibet Autonomous Region in China has continued to heat up, and Lhasa City has extended social control for three days.

According to the WeChat public account "Lhasa Release" of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China on Wednesday (August 17), the decisionTemporary social management and control at 3 o'clock, extended three days to 3 am on August 21.

The announcement stated that during the control, the public should perform without special urgent matters.

The announcement also said that the main unit of the main urban area of Lhasa should be used as the basic unit to quickly and accurately carry out the "three days and three inspections" nucleic acid screening.

Lhasa City announced on Friday (12th) that the main urban area was launched in the units of community grids.At 3 am on the 18th, the announcement was the second extension.

According to the "Lhasa Release" on Thursday, five new cases were added on Wednesday in Lhasa, all of which are asymptomatic infected.As of 24:00 on Wednesday, Lhasa has reported a total of 1,558 crown diseases.