The highly contagious omicron BA.2 form of the virus is testing China's ability to maintain its zero-COVID approach. ( read original story ...)
China defends policy of separating COVID-positive kids from parents in locked-down Shanghai
Officials in China's biggest city of Shanghai have refused to budge from the draconian "zero-COVID" policies despite mounting anger. ( read original story ...)
China sends in military to help with Shanghai’s COVID-19 outbreak
China has sent more than 10,000 health workers to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, to help the city cope with a coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)
China sends in military to help with Shanghai virus outbreak
City officials have apologized for the government's handling of the lockdown. Associated Press researcher Chen Si in Shanghai and business writer Joe McDonald and researcher Yu Bing in Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: China sends military aircraft, doctors to Shanghai
Shanghai is preparing to carry out Covid-19 tests on around 25 million residents in 36 hours, one of the largest mass testing operations globally since the pandemic started in Wuhan in 2019. ( read original story ...)
Postcard from Shanghai: ‘5.6m city-dwellers are now confined to their homes’
Even if you’ve never been to Shanghai, you’ll be able to conjure up an image in your mind of the city’s skyline, in which some of the world’s tallest buildings ... ( read original story ...)
Zero-Covid China drafts in the military as Shanghai ordered to test 25 million residents for Covid
Covid health policy, the country's leaders have made it clear: Shanghai is too big to fail.The city, which is grappling with a record number of daily Covid cases, has become the biggest -- and ... ( read original story ...)