Shanghai lockdown News
China reported 60 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases
62 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on Monday
Zero-Covid" strategy is falling apart, mass lockdown implied
The painful coronavirus curbs in major Chinese cities run counter to trends seen in the rest of the world, which has largely moved towards co-existing with the virus even as infections spread.
Shanghai's Vice Mayor Chen Tong announced that the city will gradually reopen shopping malls and grocery stores on Monday (May 16).
Nearly 20 million samples were collected in Beijing's mass testing, but there were few positive cases
Beijing remains on guard despite low caseloads
The city has closed some schools, entertainment venues, and tourist attractions
So far, Beijing has focused on mass testing early, whereas Shanghai waited about a month to launch a city-wide screening campaign, a Reuters report stated.
Coronavirus cases are increasing again in China. There is a strict lockdown in Shanghai and people are living imprisoned in their homes.
China is following a strict zero Covid policy
Shanghai's lockdown has drawn global attention for its strict approach
China has reported 21,796 new cases on Sunday
Of these new locally transmitted cases, China`s economic hub Shanghai reported 2,494 cases and 16,407 local asymptomatic infections, ANI reported.
The number of new local transmissions detected on Monday fell to 19,442 from 21,395 the previous day.
Shanghai found 550 cases outside the quarantine zones, down from 561 the day before and the fourth consecutive decline.
China’s Shanghai has reported its first death due to Covid-19 since the start of the lockdown, news agency ANI cited the city administration as saying.
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China's economic hub Shanghai reported 3,200 confirmed locally transmitted Covid-19 cases and 19,872 local asymptomatic carriers on Thursday, the municipal health commission said on Friday.
Despite growing public complaints, China has stuck to its "zero-COVID" strategy of handling outbreaks with strict isolation and mass testing.
Shanghai, China's largest city with over 26 million population, has started a new round of mass testing after the metropolis added 17,007 new COVID-19 infections, setting a daily record for the fifth consecutive day as officials termed the situation ‘extremely grim’ with the case numbers in the financial hub crossing 94,000 since March 1.
China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to aid the city, including 2,000 from the military, and is mass testing residents, some of whom have been locked down for weeks.
The financial hub of Shanghai, home to 26 million people, is in its second day of lockdown authorities are imposing by dividing the city roughly along the Huangpu River, splitting the historic centre from the eastern financial and industrial district of Pudong to allow for staggered testing.
If health experts are to be believed, the fresh surge may not impact India, thanks to the strong immunity gained during the second wave. Though experts have been warning that the Covid threat has not fully gone and there's no need to lower the guard.
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