COVID outbreak 'extremely grim' as Shanghai extends lockdown
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The COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday.
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Access Asia - Shanghai in lockdown: Large parts of Chinese city closed as Covid-19 surges
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COVID-19 cases rise in Shanghai with millions under lockdown
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COVID outbreak 'extremely grim' as Shanghai extends lockdown
BEIJING (AP) — China began its most extensive coronavirus lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about
Shanghai is the latest Chinese city to be sealed off and shut down to contain the coronavirus — raising questions about the long-term viability of China's zero-COVID approach.
Residents in Shanghai’s western district are being asked to not leave their residences two days before that part of the city was supposed to go under lockdown.
After Shanghai recently reported a new daily record for asymptomatic coronavirus infections, the city is locking down in two stages. It's the biggest step taken in the Chinese metropolis since the Co…
A predictable update to Monday’s post about one of the world’s biggest cities entering one of China’s toughest lockdowns since Wuhan 2020. “Shanghai’s modern streets have...
Many patients have died in recent days at a large Shanghai elderly-care hospital that is battling a Covid-19 outbreak, according to people familiar with the situation, a sign that a new wave of infect...
Shanghai is under lockdown Friday, as COVID cases continue to surge in China’s financial capital. It is the most severe measure by the Chinese government to isolate and tract infections since it shut down the city of Wuhan after the virus broke out in 2020. William Brangham reports.
China's most populous, wealthiest city was supposed to be shut down in 2 phases for about a week. That's been extended, and it could be extended again.
COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic increasingly draws complaints from residents fed up with the restrictions
BEIJING (AP) — COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising as millions remain isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown. Health officials on Sunday reported 438 confirmed…
The COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday.
A city official says the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai remains 'extremely grim' amid an ongoing lockdown that has confined 26 million people to their homes.
A city official says the COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest metropolis of Shanghai remains "extremely grim" amid an ongoing lockdown confining 26 million people to their homes.
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