Shanghai lockdown exit delayed by stubborn Covid-19 community spread

SHANGHAI - Shanghai's final exit from a punishing five-week lockdown is being delayed by Covid-19 infections persistently appearing in the community, despite China's hardline strategy of isolating all positive cases and their close contacts.

After briefly hitting zero late last week, the count has bounced back to more than 50 a day this month. Shanghai authorities have indicated the lockdown will only be lifted once community transmission reaches zero - the same path taken in Jilin province in the northeast, where a lockdown gradually started to ease once there was no more community transmission.

In Beijing, which is going to extreme lengths to contain a nascent outbreak to avoid the social and economic dislocation seen in Shanghai, cases fell to 51 on Tuesday from 62 on Monday. Schools will suspend in-person classes between May 5 and 11, with districts set to make plans for online learning.

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