Unnerved Shanghai residents brave stifling heat for mass Covid-19 tests

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SHANGHAI — Shanghai residents queued up in sweltering heat for compulsory mass testing for Covid-19 on Tuesday (July 12), as persistent small outbreaks fuelled anxiety in a city that is still recovering from the painful two-month lockdown lifted a few weeks ago.

The nagging daily case tolls in the commercial hub of 25 million and other outbreaks scattered across China have also unnerved global financial markets in recent days, with investors wary of disruptive Covid-19 restrictions.

But online chat groups used by residents to organise group purchases of basic necessities during the April-May lockdown have livened up again, with people swapping advice over what items were selling out in supermarkets. "When they said last time that we would only be locked down for four days that didn't happen," said another Shanghai resident, declining to give their name."When they come out and deny rumours we don't believe them now."

The latest testing campaign involves more than half of the city's 16 districts and will take place from Tuesday to Wednesday, with residents asked to test twice over the period. Nomura analysts estimate 31 cities were implementing various Covid-19 restrictions as of Monday, up from 11 a week earlier, highlighting"the risk of falling growth".

 

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