China puts most of Shanghai on COVID-19 lockdown
Residents queue at a Covid-19 testing facility in Shanghai, China, on Friday, March 25, 2022. Shanghais Covid cases jumped more than 60% in a single day, hitting a record 1,609 on Friday, even as authorities widened restrictions that have limited acc BEIJING (AP) - 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 country.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.
In the second phase of the lockdown, the vast downtown area west of the Huangpu River that divides the city will then start its own five-day lockdown Friday.Residents will be required to stay home and deliveries will be left at checkpoints to ensure there is no contact with the outside world.
Offices and all businesses not considered essential will be closed and public transport suspended.As new variant continue to spread across the U.S., we talk with doctors about how to live with the virus now and in the future.Already, many communities within the city of 26 million have been locked down, with their residents required to submit to multiple tests for COVID-19.
And Shanghai’s Disney theme park is among the businesses that closed earlier.RELATED: Mayor Adams defends vaccine policy changeChina has reported more than 56,000 infections nationwide this month, with a surging outbreak in the northeastern province of Jilin accounting for most of them.
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