165 million people impacted by China's Covid lockdowns. Here's what you need to know
CNN
China has locked down its two biggest cities, the twin engines that power much of the nation's economy, in a bit stamp out Covid-19 outbreaks.
Shanghai is at the center of the latest outbreak, reporting upwards of 10,000 new cases a day. Authorities have responded with a city-wide lockdown that has lasted weeks, confining nearly all 25 million residents of the once-bustling financial hub to their homes or neighborhoods.
Meanwhile, Beijing officials have launched mass testing exercises, shut schools and imposed targeted lockdowns on some residential buildings in a bid to rein in infections. Those actions have sparked fears of a wider lockdown similar to Shanghai's.
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