covid 19 lockdown in china

US orders consular to leave Shanghai amid COVID outbreak

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US orders consular to leave Shanghai amid COVID outbreak

The US has ordered all non-emergency consular staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a COVID-19 surge.The State Department said the order is an upgrade from the “authorized” departure issued last week that made the decision voluntary. The order covers “non-emergency US government employees and their family members from US … Read more

Much of Shanghai locked down as mass COVID-19 testing begins

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Much of Shanghai locked down as mass COVID-19 testing begins

Shanghai’s Pudong financial district and nearby areas will be locked down from early Monday to Friday as citywide mass testing gets underway, the local government said. China began locking down most of its largest city of Shanghai on Monday as part of its strict COVID-19 strategy, amid questions over the policy’s economic toll on the … Read more