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Shanghai Plunged Into Lockdown

by Toby Young
27 March 2022 6:25 PM

China’s biggest city has been plunged into lockdown amid the highest level of cases since the early weeks of the pandemic. The Telegraph has more.

Shanghai will lock down its eastern half – known as Pudong and including the main international airport and financial district – for five days of testing beginning on Monday, the government said. It will be followed by a similar lockdown of its western side, known as Puxi and featuring the historic Bund riverfront, from April 1st.

The metropolis of 25 million has in recent days become the leading hotspot in a nationwide outbreak that began to gain pace in early March.

Although recent case numbers remain insignificant in a global context, they are China’s highest since the first weeks of the pandemic, which first emerged in the city of Wuhan in late 2019.

China’s National Health Commission on Sunday reported more than 4,500 new domestically transmitted cases – down by more than 1,000 from the previous day, but still far higher than the double-digit daily tallies usually seen over the past two years.

Millions of residents in affected areas across the country have been subjected to city-wide lockdowns.

Shanghai, however, had thus far avoided a full lockdown, with officials saying it was imperative to keep the eastern Chinese port and financial hub running – for the good of both the national and global economies.

But with case counts climbing, the city government said in a public notice that the two-part lockdown was being implemented “to curb the spread of the epidemic, ensure the safety and health of the people” and root out cases of infection “as soon as possible”.

The announcement said buses, taxis and the city’s extensive subway system would also be shut down during the lockdown.

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