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The city's lockdown has now been extended into a second week as the authorities pursue what's been called a "zero—covid" strategy. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell has more on the situation in shanghai. there's been another round of mass testing started of everybody in that city. the problem is if you test positive, it means you must go to a centralised isolation facility, even if you have no symptoms. now these facilities are at times squalid, and so many residents are saying why can't we just stay at home and isolate? well, at the moment, they're not being allowed to do that. a big...

Colletta smith, bbc news, in cleckheaton. to shanghai now, china's economic capital, a population of 25 million people, in a city—wide covid lockdown — which has now been extended into its second week, with residents under strict orders to stay at home. across china, more than 20,000 covid—19 cases were reported on wednesday — the highest daily total since the pandemic began. beijing has previously managed to keep the country's case rates low with its "zero—tolerance" strategy towards covid, but it's now struggling to control the outbreak. over 16,000 of those cases were found in sha...

Outbreak in the city of xian. we go live to beijing. this is a city of 13 million people where cases are rising. what are authorities doing to tackle this outbreak? >> reporter: the authorities in xian are doing what counterparts and other parts of china have done with local outbreaks, as the beijing leadership are agreeing to stick to a zero covid policy, mass testing and quarantining. officials are putting on a brave face, saying the alarming numbers we've seen, triple-digit numbers of new locally transmitted infections, 175 reported on monday, a record for chinese city since march of 2020. ...

Yeah, yeah. the gates of this school, like all other secondary schools in england, will this week starts to open for mass testing. it's one of ten schools in an academy chain which already has a staffing issue. as of one hour ago, 10% of staff who have tested positive for covid. and that is a big chunk, and you think it's going to rise? it will rise, probably another 5%. in scotland, pupils are being asked to test at home before they return to school and are being urged to then test twice a week. in wales, it's the same, preschool home test. but repeated three times a week. students in norther...

Senator fauci? to me it's publicity -- doesn't seem like it's policy making. seems like it's trying to find publicity. i don't know. john bresnahan, i haven't seen anything like it either. punch bowl founder. nice to see you today. >> thanks, john. to china now where there is a zero tolerance policy for covid as coronavirus cases rise across china, major manufacturers are shutting factories. ports are clogging up and workers are in short supply. chinese officials are locking down cities and launching mass testing on the widest scale in two years. leading to the disruption of the world's seco...