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Shanghai has entered into its seventh week of lockdown, and measures have only become harsher with officials being ...

Shanghai disinfects homes, closes all subways in COVID fight | 2022-05-10 18:22:00

BEIJING (AP) — The city of Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a...

BEIJING — The city of Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a brief period of loosening up, frustrating residents who were hoping a more than monthlong lockdown was finally easing as the number of new cases falls in China’s financial center. Teams in white protective suits have begun

BEIJING--Teams in white protective suits are entering the homes of coronavirus-infected people to spray disinfectant as Shanghai tries to root out an omicron outbreak under China’s strict “zero-COVID” strategy.

China has pursued a strict zero-Covid policy which has involved some of the most restrictive health measures seen anywhere in the world, including food rationing and indefinite lockdowns.

City initially ordered mass testing along with a limited lockdown

The latest measures come as Shanghai has ordered people in some districts to stay in their homes again after letting some out for limited shopping in recent weeks.

Chinese officials had begun easing restrictions in the country's largest city, but clamped down again after COVID cases began rising again.

The city of Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a brief period of loosening up, frustrating residents who were hoping a more than monthlong lockdown was finally easing as the number of new cases falls in Chinas financial centre.