Residents gather to receive rapid antigen test kits for Covid-19 at a neighbourhood in Shanghai on Saturday. Photo: Bloomberg
Residents gather to receive rapid antigen test kits for Covid-19 at a neighbourhood in Shanghai on Saturday. Photo: Bloomberg
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Shanghai rules out citywide Covid-19 lockdown to protect China’s economy

  • Health expert rejects calls for swift, broad action, urging residents to think of the big picture
  • Hundreds of cases found during mass screening among people not in quarantine, pointing to fresh chains of transmission

Zhuang Pinghui
Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing

Updated: 6:43pm, 26 Mar, 2022

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Residents gather to receive rapid antigen test kits for Covid-19 at a neighbourhood in Shanghai on Saturday. Photo: Bloomberg
Residents gather to receive rapid antigen test kits for Covid-19 at a neighbourhood in Shanghai on Saturday. Photo: Bloomberg
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