No easing of Shanghai's Covid-19 lockdown as infections trend lower
Chinese authorities have warned Shanghai's 25 million residents today that their quarantine period would go on until the Covid-19 virus was eradicated neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
The city government said on its official WeChat account that infections were showing a "positive trend" and that life could return to normal soon as long as people stuck to strict rules to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Yet some Shanghai districts tightened restrictions on movement, and even in areas that met criteria for people to be allowed to leave their homes, officials ordered them to stay put. "Our goal is to achieve community zero-Covid as soon as possible," the government said, referring to a target to stamp out transmission outside quarantined areas.
Shanghai locked almost all of its 25 million people into their homes at the start of April after infections began to surge. Residents have faced income losses, family separations and difficulty meeting basic needs.
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