Shanghai plans more Covid-19 testing after finding a highly-transmissible Omicron subvariant amid fresh curbs across China


Residents line up for a Covid-19 test in Shanghai, China, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Shanghai’s Covid-19 cases continued to rise, prompting authorities to declare more high-risk areas and fueling fears that China’s financial hub may tighten movement restrictions again.- Bloomberg

BEIJING, July 11 (Reuters): Multiple Chinese cities are adopting fresh Covid-19 curbs, from business halts to lockdowns, to rein in new infections, with the commercial hub of Shanghai bracing for another mass testing effort after finding a highly-transmissible Omicron subvariant.

The tough curbs by local governments follow China's "dynamic zero-COVID" policy of promptly stamping out all outbreaks at a time when much of the world co-exists with the virus.

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