Shanghai reopens as China hails another victory over COVID-19
as China deploys a playbook of movement restrictions, mass testing and mandatory isolation of all Covid cases and their close contacts.
The outbreak there is now effectively under control, municipal officials said Wednesday, though the risk of a flareup remains. Authorities are mulling measures to stimulate consumer spending after shopping malls and other entertainment venues were shut last month and only recently started to reopen with capacity limits. Beijing reported 14 cases for Wednesday.
New infections fell to 61 across China on Wednesday, from 68 on Tuesday and the lowest since Feb. 17. It’s a marked turnaround from the tens of thousands of cases reported daily in the first half of April, when Shanghai’s outbreak appeared to be spiraling out of authorities’ control, triggeringStaff with protective suits drive along the Bund on June 1, 2022 in Shanghai, China.
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