China is locking down its financial hub Shanghai as the country is facing its worst wave of #Covid19 since the beginning of the pandemic
China on Monday rolled out its biggest COVID-19 lockdown since the start of the pandemic as Shanghai moved to confine some 25 million residents to their homes across the financial hub, which is battling its worst virus outbreak.
The two-stage plan, which was announced on Sunday after officials had repeatedly brushed off "rumors" of a full-scale shutdown, will see the sprawling city divided by the Huangpu River, locked down for nine days to carry out staggered checks on millions of residents as coronavirus cases surged to a record.
"It is necessary to take more decisive and resolute measures to further reduce social contacts, quickly detect and find infected people, and completely eliminate the hidden transmission of the virus," city official Wu Fan told reporters on Monday.
The extensive measures will mark China's largest lockdown since Wuhan, the city where the virus was first detected in late 2019, confined some 11 million people to their homes for more than two months in early 2020.
China on Monday rolled out its biggest COVID-19 lockdown since the start of the pandemic as Shanghai moved to confine some 25 million residents to their homes across the financial hub, which is battling its worst virus outbreak.
The two-stage plan, which was announced on Sunday after officials had repeatedly brushed off "rumors" of a full-scale shutdown, will see the sprawling city divided by the Huangpu River, locked down for nine days to carry out staggered checks on millions of residents as coronavirus cases surged to a record.
"It is necessary to take more decisive and resolute measures to further reduce social contacts, quickly detect and find infected people, and completely eliminate the hidden transmission of the virus," city official Wu Fan told reporters on Monday.
The extensive measures will mark China's largest lockdown since Wuhan, the city where the virus was first detected in late 2019, confined some 11 million people to their homes for more than two months in early 2020.
