Shanghai’s Pudong New Area will go into a lockdown for four days from Monday 5am. Photo: Shutterstock
Shanghai’s Pudong New Area will go into a lockdown for four days from Monday 5am. Photo: Shutterstock
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Shanghai orders mass Pudong lockdown in push to contain Covid-19 surge

  • Vast area on the eastern bank of the Huangpu River to undergo four days of testing from 5am Monday
  • Puxi will then lock down for four days to help contain spread of Omicron

Daniel Ren
Daniel Ren in Shanghai

Updated: 1:26pm, 30 Mar, 2022

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Shanghai’s Pudong New Area will go into a lockdown for four days from Monday 5am. Photo: Shutterstock
Shanghai’s Pudong New Area will go into a lockdown for four days from Monday 5am. Photo: Shutterstock

Corrected [1:55pm, 28 Mar, 2022]

  • [1:55pm, 28 Mar, 2022]

    An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Puxi would be in lockdown for three days.

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