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Shanghai orders twin tests for all its citizens to stem spread of Covid-19

China's business capital Shanghai on Sunday ordered the city's entire 26.3 million people to undergo twin tests to stop the spread of coronavirus

Shanghai to screen 16 mn people in 2nd phase of coronavirus lockdown

In the last 24 hours, Shanghai reported 355 confirmed locally transmitted Covid-19 cases and 5,298 asymptomatic carriers

Shanghai residents rush to stock up as second stage of Covid lockdown looms

Many residents have vented frustration on social media with videos and images of crowded quarantine centres, while seeking help with medical treatment and buying food

Shanghai urges patience as Covid cases drop for first time in 2 weeks

Shanghai authorities on Thursday appealed to residents to keep cooperating with tight curbs imposed to stop COVID-19 spreading

Shanghai residents take to social media over lockdown, demand explanation

Shanghai's distribution of millions of self-administered antigen testing kits to detect cases quickly, which China only approved this month, has also sown some confusion and fear

Shanghai expands Covid lockdown as new daily cases surge by a third

Several residents living in western districts on Tuesday received notice from their housing committees that they would be stopped from leaving their compounds for the next seven days

China tries to limit economic blow of Shanghai shutdown due to Covid surge

As millions of Shanghai residents line up for coronavirus tests in the closed-down metropolis, authorities are promising tax cuts for shopkeepers

Shanghai again tightens Covid-19 lockdown on second day of curbs

Shanghai, China's most populous city, on Tuesday again tightened the first phase of a two-stage COVID-19 lockdown, asking some residents to stay indoors unless

Asian shares gain as BOJ defends ultra-easy stance, oil price eases

Japanese shares led gains in Asian stocks on Tuesday as the Bank of Japan defended its ultra-easy stance, while oil slid on fears of lower demand from China as Shanghai applied a "zero-COVID" strategy

Shanghai says will hand out $22 bn in tax relief to firms amid Covid fight

China's Shanghai said it would roll out policies to help the local economy cope with a surge in Covid-19 cases in the city, including offering refunds that will reduce firms' tax burdens by $22 bn

Shanghai locks down half of city to fight Covid-19 outbreak: Report

The outbreak is testing country's virus strategy, which is proving tougher to prosecute amid more contagious variants and is dragging on the world's 2nd-largest economy as rest of the globe normalises

Much of China's Shanghai locked down as mass Covid-19 testing begins

China began locking down most of its largest city of Shanghai on Monday as part of its strict Covid-19 strategy, amid questions over the policy's economic toll on the country.

Asia shares dip, oil skids as Shanghai shutdowns amid Covid surge

Asian shares stalled and oil prices slid on Monday as coronavirus lockdown in Shanghai looked set to hit global activity, while throwing another wrench into supply chains

Shanghai denies lockdown rumours as daily Covid-19 infections near 1,000

Authorities to stick with a 'slicing and gridding' approach to screen neighbourhoods one by one, rather than shut down entirely.

China records more local Covid cases so far this year than in whole of 2021

China has reported more local symptomatic Covid cases so far this year than it recorded in all of 2021, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant triggers outbreaks from Shanghai to Shenzhen

Covid-19 pandemic: China shuts tech hub, 17 million put in lockdown

Shanghai had been spared a citywide order to stay at home, but individual housing compounds were being locked down

China tightens controls in Shanghai as more virus cases reported

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned the territory's wave of infections may not have peaked despite stringent controls on travel and business

China shuts Shanghai schools, looks to divert flights as Covid returns

The Covid Zero strategy has helped keep the second-largest economy largely virus-free for much of the pandemic

China court freezes $157 mn of Evergrande assets over missed payments

Many suppliers and contractors have launched legal actions against Evergrande, the world's most indebted property developer with over $300 billion of liabilities, over missed or late payments

Shanghai cuts some tourism trips on Covid-19 cases again after resumption

Shanghai's tourism and culture authority said travel agencies and online tourism companies must once again halt organising group tours between Shanghai and other provinces