Luxury brands from Dior to Prada to Louis Vuitton are sending out goodies to their VIP customers in Shanghai to ensure they continue to be loyal shoppers when the city’s lockdown is lifted. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai maintains ‘zero-COVID’ policy but the U.N. says it is not sustainable
BEIJING — Shanghai reaffirmed Wednesday it will maintain the "zero-COVID" approach to eliminate a waning outbreak in China's largest city after the head of the World Health Organization said it was ... ( read original story ...)
As the City’s COVID-19 Lockdown Tightens Again, Shanghai Residents Have Been Pushed to Breaking Point
China doubles down on its unpopular zero-COVID approach, seeking to avoid a "tsunami" of cases if Omicron is allowed to spread ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai moves to impose tightest restrictions yet
Shanghai officials will over the next few days further restrict access to food and hospitals in some parts of the city, the most severe phase of its extended lockdown yet. Commercial food deliveries ... ( read original story ...)
Half of Shanghai achieves ‘zero COVID’; city presses on with ‘unsustainable’ fight
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai officials said on Wednesday half the city had achieved "zero COVID" status, but uncompromising restrictions had to remain in place under a national policy which ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai disease control officer lays down law defending quarantine measures
SHANGHAI: An official with Shanghai's disease control centre defended the strict imposition of COVID-19 quarantine measures, rejecting accusations from critics that officials were overstepping their ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota cuts production due to Covid lockdown in Shanghai
Toyota says it will suspend operations at more production lines at its factories in Japan this month due to the coronavirus lockdown in Shanghai. The firm says the production halt will come into ... ( read original story ...)