China's two biggest cities tightened COVID-19 curbs on their residents on Monday, raising new frustration and even questions about the legality of its uncompromising battle with the virus. ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Shanghai COVID crisis puts political spotlight on key Xi ally
BEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - If Shanghai Communist Party chief Li Qiang has been politically bruised by the city's struggle to tame a COVID-19 outbreak that has infuriated residents and caused severe ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai finds no new variants more infectious than Omicron: official
Genetic sequencing has shown no stronger novel coronavirus variants in Shanghai in its latest resurgence of the pandemic, said a municipal health official at a press briefing on Sunday. "On May 7, ... ( read original story ...)
Express delivery sector in Shanghai speeds up work resumption
The delivery sector in Shanghai has been accelerating work resumption with more outlets restarting services and more couriers getting back to work as the industry moves to unclog logistics bottlenecks ... ( read original story ...)
Blood red sky blankets city near Shanghai sparking Armageddon fear
Video shows terrified children crying as they looked up to see the red sky covering the city, but experts explained it's not a sign of bad omen ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai records 10th day of declines in COVID-19 cases, ‘sees light at end of tunnel’
As Shanghai reported 215 local confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,760 silent carriers on Saturday, the 10th consecutive day of declines, China's top epidemiologist Zhang Wenhong, among a number of other ... ( read original story ...)
Moment Chinese medical worker is ‘chased down street by furious mob’ amid world’s strictest Covid lockdown in Shanghai
A MEDICAL worker was chased down the street by a furious mob fed up with strict lockdown rules in China. Footage posted on social media shows the Covid worker who is clad in white overalls ... ( read original story ...)