Shanghai on Sunday ordered its 26 million inhabitants to undergo two more rounds of tests to detect the virus. Covid-19as public anger grows over the way authorities in China’s most populous city are tackling a record spike in coronavirus infections.
Residents are required to self-test using antigen kits on Sunday and report any positive results, Shanghai government officials said at a news conference, while a city-wide nucleic acid test will be conducted on Monday.
“The main task is to completely eliminate risk points and cut the transmission chain so that we can stop the spread of the epidemic as soon as possible,” he said. WuQianyuinspector of the Municipal Health Commission of Shanghai.
All the financial capital of China was confined, after a restriction on movement began in the eastern districts last Monday.
The blocking of Shanghai it has disrupted daily life and business, as health workers and volunteers work tirelessly to try to test the entire population and supply residents with groceries.
The number of Covid-19 cases in China remains low by international standards, but spikes in places like Shanghai they are testing their so far successful approach to stamping out the virus through tight controls and aggressive testing and tracing.
Most infections of Shanghai have been asymptomatic, according to official data, but China’s “proactive elimination” approach requires authorities to centrally test, track and quarantine all positive cases.
On Sunday, Shanghai reported 7,788 daily asymptomatic cases of local transmission, up from ,501 the day before, while symptomatic cases increased from 260 to 438.
The city accounted for most of the 11,781 daily asymptomatic locally transmitted cases of mainland china and almost a third of the ,506 symptomatic cases. It was the highest case count in the country since the early days of the pandemic, in February 2020.
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