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Thousands of medical workers from across China have arrived in Shanghai to help the megacity fight its worst coronavirus outbreak, underscoring the country’s capacity to mobilise resources against Covid-19.
Once held up as a model of a targeted, fine-tuned pandemic response, Shanghai is facing its sternest test yet, with citywide mass testing for its 25 million residents under way. It has reported more than 60,000 infections, mostly asymptomatic, since early last month.
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