Beijing: China has imposed lock down its largest city of Shanghai on Monday amid rising cases of COVID-19.
Shanghai’s Pudong financial district and nearby areas will be locked down from early Monday to Friday as citywide mass testing gets underway, the local government said.
This is the second phase of the lockdown where the vast downtown area west of the Huangpu River that divides the city will then start its own five-day lockdown Friday. To ensure there is no contact with the outside world, residents will be required to stay home and deliveries will be left at checkpoints. Offices and all businesses not considered essential will be closed and public transport suspended.
Residents will be required to stay home and deliveries will be left at checkpoints to ensure there is no contact with the outside world.
Offices and all businesses not considered essential will be closed and public transport suspended.
China has reported more than 56,000 infections nationwide this month, with a surging outbreak in the northeastern province of Jilin accounting for most of them.
