Millions tested in Shanghai as China grapples with COVID-19 resurgence

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Millions of people in Shanghai queued for a third day of mass COVID-19 testing on Thursday as authorities in several Chinese cities scrambled to stamp out new outbreaks that have rekindled worries about growth in the world's second-largest economy.

People line up to get tested for COVID-19 at a nucleic acid testing site in Shanghai, China July 7, 2022. REUTERS/ Aly Song

The country's most populous city, Shanghai, has just emerged from a painful two-month lockdown and is again on high alert—racing to isolate infections linked to karaoke services that had been taking place illegally. But China's approach of rigorously stamping out outbreaks as they occur has residents wary of more of the kind of restrictions that have caused mental stress and financial hardship for many, disrupted global supply chains and overseas trade, and rattled financial markets.

Shanghai, China's commercial hub, ordered most of its 25 million residents to take two compulsory COVID-19 tests between Tuesday and Thursday. After finding one COVID-19 case involving someone who had arrived from Shanghai, the town of Xinjiang in the northern Shanxi province tested almost its entire 280,000 population, suspended taxis, ride hailing and bus services, and closed various entertainment venues.

 

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