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China: Shanghai to lock down for testing as COVID surges
Al Jazeera ^ | 3/27/2022 | Reuters

Posted on 03/27/2022 9:06:44 AM PDT by Nextrush

The financial hub of 26 million people has become a testing ground for Chinas 'zero-COVID' policy

China's financial hub of Shanghai says it will lock down the city in two stages to carry out COVID-19 testing over a nine-day period, after it reported a new daily record for asymptomatic infections.

Authorities said on Sunday they would divide Shanghai into two for the exercise, using the Huangpu River that passes through the city as a guide. Districts to the east of the river, and some to its west, will be locked down and tested between March 28 and April 1. The remaining areas will be locked down and tested between April 1 and 5....

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KEYWORDS: china; covid; covidlockdown; shanghai
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Sounds like
- perfectly healthy
- govt sticks something in your mouth that turns blue
- govt locks down your city


21 posted on 03/27/2022 12:03:46 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Nextrush

The Chinese Communist Party smells a revolution not COVID


22 posted on 03/27/2022 12:21:48 PM PDT by butlerweave
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