Millions face lockdown in Shanghai after rise in coronavirus numbers
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dpa Beijing The authorities have imposed a two-step lockdown on Shanghai due to a major outbreak of the coronavirus in the Chinese port city of 26 million...
dpaBeijing The authorities have imposed a two-step lockdown on Shanghai due to a major outbreak of the coronavirus in the Chinese port city of 26 million people.From early Monday morning until Friday, a curfew will be imposed on the Pudong side east of the Huangpu river, the city government announced on state television on Sunday. At the same time, mass tests were ordered.From Friday until April 5, a similar curfew will be imposed on the Puxi side with the older part of the metropolis west of the Huangpu river.No public transport, ferries or taxis will be running and companies will have to switch to working from home or work with staff living in a closed factory compound once the curfew comes into force.The radical step came in response to a rapid rise in infections in Shanghai, which, along with the north-eastern Chinese province of Jilin, currently has the most cases.Nationwide, some 5,500 infections were reported on Saturday, although this included 4,300 asymptomatic cases. Shanghai counted 47 illnesses and 2,631 cases without symptoms. All infected people are being isolated in quarantine.
