Major Lockdown News Today

China extended its lockdown in districts of western megacity Chengdu and ordered more mass testing there from Sunday as it tries to contain a Covid outbreak.

Chinese residents in Shanghai are worried that officials are mulling over a potential second major lockdown after the country has recorded a surge of the BA.5 omicron subvariant. The situation comes as President Xi Jinping continues to laud the effectiveness of his administration's zero-COVID policies.