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Covid in China: Beijing works from home, Shanghai aims to defeat virus by May

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China's Covid-19 cases As per the country's data, Beijing's daily Covid caseload remained in the dozens, a fraction of Shanghai's more than 2,000.

But almost all of Shanghai's cases were in areas already under the tightest controls. Last week, some of Shanghai's residents were allowed outside their housing compounds for brief walks and grocery shopping but the city has in recent days been tightening curbs in a push to eradicate the virus this month.

More and more areas have entered what authorities call "silent management mode", which typically means boards or fences around buildings, no deliveries and residents once again stuck indoors.

Once "zero COVID" is achieved at the community level, the city would start to steadily ease traffic restrictions and open shops, an official said.

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