Shanghai Covid

• Beijing, Shanghai residents back to work as COVID outbreak continues in China

  Cities across China have been racing to add intensive-care units and fever clinics, facilities designed to prevent the wider spread of contagious disease in hospitals.

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  Dec 26, 2022
  
• 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
  
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• Shanghai officials say new Omicron BA.5 subvariant found in city

  The find is highlighting the challenges China faces in trying to contain new mutations and cases under its "zero-COVID" policy, which has seen widespread continued lockdowns.

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  Jul 10, 2022
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• COVID in Shanghai: Millions tested as China battles new outbreaks

  Shanghai reported 54 new locally transmitted COVID cases for Wednesday. More than 70 cases confirmed in recent days are linked to the karaoke joints, authorities said.

  Health

  Jul 7, 2022
• 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.

  World

  Apr 12, 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
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• China begins biggest COVID lockdown in 2 years as Shanghai cases soar

  Shanghai's citywide lockdown will be conducted in two phases and will be China's most extensive in two years.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2022