A Shanghai woman told The Wall Street Journal she was forced onto a bus for a nearly 16-hour ride on Sunday after being ordered into a quarantine center because of an “abnormal” COVID-19 test result. ( read original story ...)
26M Shanghai Residents Will Need COVID-19 Tests Amid Latest Outbreak
Approx 26 million residents in Shanghai will have to go through two more rounds of COVID-19 tests in order to curb the city’s biggest outbreak ever. Residents were ordered to use antigen kits and ... ( read original story ...)
Whole of Shanghai enters COVID lockdown despite lower symptomatic cases
Chinese authorities on Tuesday extended a lockdown in Shanghai to cover all of the financial centre’s 26 million people, despite growing anger over quarantine rules in the city, where latest results ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai extends lockdown to entire city as tests show Covid spread
New cases surged after 25 million residents were swabbed in 24 hours, and authorities showed no sign of lifting restrictions despite growing public frustration. ( read original story ...)
China extends Shanghai lockdown as COVID spreads despite draconian policy
Frustration is mounting in China's biggest city, but authorities say their controversial "zero-COVID" policy "will continue to guide the country's epidemic control." ... ( read original story ...)
COVID outbreak ‘extremely grim’ as Shanghai extends lockdown
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. ( read original story ...)
Hard-Hit Shanghai Extends Covid Lockdown As Cases Surge
Shanghai reported more than 13,000 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday as the city’s ongoing outbreak continued to surge despite an ongoing lockdown prompting authorities in the Chinese financial hub to ... ( read original story ...)