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Shanghai lockdown tests 'zero-COVID' limits, shakes markets

Headline from ABC 10 Sacramento, on the newest of 2 developments

The city houses 26 million people, and is the largest city yet in China to lock down because of a COVID outbreak.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Shanghai Starts China’s Biggest COVID-19 Lockdown in 2 Years

    Headline from The Diplomat ·

  2. Newest

    Shanghai lockdown tests 'zero-COVID' limits, shakes markets

    Headline from ABC 10 Sacramento ·

3 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

124 articles, oldest first.

  1. France 24

    Shanghai won't lock down despite Covid spike: official (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, but a member of the city's pandemic task force said officials were determined to avoid a full lockdown over the damage it would do to the…

  2. Digital Journal

    Shanghai to lock down in phases to rein in Covid-19 outbreak (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads since the early days of

  3. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Shanghai to lock down each half of city for mass Covid-19 testing (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Yong Xiong, Simone McCarthy and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Shanghai has said it will lock down each half of the city by turns for mass Covid-19 testing starting Monday amid surging infections. The eastern half of the city — comprising around 11 million residents — will go into lockdown at the start of the…

  4. Digital Journal

    Shanghai to impose phased Covid-19 lockdown: government (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads since the early days of

  5. France 24

    Shanghai to lock down in phases to tackle Covid-19 outbreak (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads since the early days of the pandemic, the city government said Sunday…

  6. Al Jazeera

    Shanghai to lock down in two stages for testing as COVID surges (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The financial hub of 26 million people has become a testing ground for China’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy.

  7. The Diplomat

    Shanghai Starts China’s Biggest COVID-19 Lockdown in 2 Years (opens The Diplomat)

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    The Diplomat's feed description

    China’s largest city is undergoing a five-day lockdown amid a growing outbreak.

  8. Washington Examiner

    Shanghai locks down 10 million as rest of world opens up (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    China ordered its largest lockdown in two years Monday after a growing outbreak of COVID-19 erupted in Shanghai, forcing 10 million people back into their homes despite decreasing cases in the rest of the world.

  9. Quartz

    Shanghai’s lockdown shows China doesn’t have a roadmap out of covid-zero (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The move, which comes after officials initially sought to avoid a lockdown, suspends ride-hailing operations and public transport.

  10. Portland Press Herald

    Much of Shanghai locked down as mass COVID-19 testing begins (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The city's financial district and nearby areas will be locked down from early Monday to Friday as citywide mass testing gets underway.

  11. Delaware Public Media

    China is locking down most of its largest city to fight COVID (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    Already, many communities within the city of 26 million have been locked down, with their residents required to submit to multiple tests for COVID-19.

  12. NBC New York

    China Is Shutting Down Shanghai in Two Phases to Control Covid (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    China’s biggest city of Shanghai began a two-stage lockdown Monday as authorities try to control the country’s worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic began.

  13. Fox10 Phoenix

    China puts most of Shanghai on COVID-19 lockdown (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Fox10 Phoenix's feed description

    Shanghai's Pudong financial district and nearby areas will be locked down from early Monday to Friday as citywide mass testing gets underway.

  14. The Hill

    Shanghai imposes lockdown in effort to control omicron outbreak (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Shanghai announced on Sunday that it will introduce a series of lockdowns in an effort to test the entire population of 26 million people for COVID-19 amid outbreaks of the omicron variant.

  15. Los Angeles Times

    Shanghai begins China’s biggest COVID-19 lockdown in two years (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The lockdown in China's largest city is part of the country's 'zero-tolerance' COVID-19 strategy, but questions over economic costs are growing.

  16. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Shanghai Starting COVID-19 Lockdown for Millions of People (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    China has begun its most extensive lockdown in two years to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai

  17. Deutsche Welle

    COVID digest: Shanghai starts China's biggest lockdown since 2020 | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    China has imposed a COVID lockdown on half of its largest city and financial capital, Shanghai. Meanwhile, Israeli PM Bennett has tested positive for COVID-19. Follow DW for the latest.

  18. France 24

    Half of Shanghai in lockdown to Covid-19 outbreak (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockdown to curb the nation's biggest Covid outbreak.

  19. CBS News

    China locks down Shanghai, its biggest city, as Omicron fuels record surge in COVID cases (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Locking down the entire global financial hub's population of 25 million all at once was deemed too big a risk, so it has been split in half for a phased shutdown.

  20. The Guardian

    Shanghai to lock down millions for mass testing as China’s Covid cases surge (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    China will shut down its largest city in two stages as it sticks to a ‘zero-Covid’ strategy amid growing outbreaks of the virus

  21. The Hill

    China begins most extensive lockdown in years to control Shanghai outbreak (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Shanghai on Monday launched the most extensive COVID-19 lockdown that China has seen in two years, as it seeks to contain a surge in new coronavirus cases.

  22. The Week

  23. Towleroad Gay News

    Shanghai Locks Down As COVID Surges In China's Financial Hub (opens Towleroad Gay News)

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    Towleroad Gay News's feed description

    By Andrew Galbraith and David Stanway

  24. Hot Air

    Shanghai starts China’s biggest COVID lockdown in two years (opens Hot Air)

    Published

    Hot Air's feed description

    China’s financial capital and largest city with 26 million people, Shanghai had managed its smaller, past outbreaks with limited lockdowns of housing compounds and workplaces where the virus was sprea...

  25. NBC News

    Shanghai starts China’s biggest Covid lockdown in 2 years (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    The financial capital will conduct mass testing in two phases as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation’s zero-tolerance strategy.

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