Shanghai COVID-19

• Beijing closes parks, Shanghai tightens entry as China’s COVID-19 cases rise

  In Beijing, cases have been hitting new highs every day, prompting calls from the city government for more residents to stay put and show proof of a negative COVID-19 test.

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  Nov 22, 2022
  
• Beijing begins district lockdowns amid new COVID-19 outbreak

  Only 70 cases have been found so far in the city of more than 21 million since the outbreak surfaced Friday, but authorities are implementing extreme measures.

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  Apr 25, 2022
  
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• Shanghai allows 4 million more out of homes as COVID-19 controls ease

  A total of almost 12 million people in the city of 25 million are allowed to go outdoors following the first round of easing last week, a health official said.

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  Apr 20, 2022
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• New COVID-19 deaths grip Shanghai in latest outbreak

  All three people who died were elderly, had underlying diseases such as diabetes and hypertension and had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, Shanghai's health commission says.

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  Apr 18, 2022
• COVID-19 lockdowns spread in China as infections rise

  The closures are an embarrassment to the ruling Communist Party and a setback for official efforts to shore up slumping growth in the world's second-largest economy.

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  Apr 15, 2022
• Shanghai easing COVID-19 lockdown by letting some residents out

  About 6.6 million Shanghai residents can go outdoors, but some must stay in their own neighborhoods, the online news outlet The Paper reported, citing city officials.

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  Apr 12, 2022
• Shanghai residents struggling to find food as lockdown enters 3rd week

  Videos coming out of Shanghai show residents taking to the streets and banging pots and pans on their balcony, claiming they are starving in their apartments.

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  Apr 11, 2022
• Guangzhou shuts out new arrivals amid China’s COVID-19 outbreak

  China is facing one of its worst local COVID-19 outbreaks since the pandemic began in 2020, and China is still mostly closed to international travel.

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  Apr 11, 2022
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• China vows to improve COVID-19 response in Shanghai amid discontent over lockdown

  Many residents in Shanghai are beginning to worry about food and drinking water, as well as obtaining products such as infant formula.

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  Apr 7, 2022