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Daily PCR tests in China’s Shenzhen as zero-Covid policy continues

Residents in Shenzhen, in China’s Guangdong province, are subject to a PCR test every 24 hours, and many are stressed about not being able to function in their daily lives properly if the negative result does not arrive on time. © Observers

While a growing number of countries are dropping regulations for the Covid-19 pandemic, most regions in China are still imposing strict quarantine and testing policies, despite public complaints. In southern Guangdong province, the preventive measures are stringent, and a recent outage of the province’s Covid pass in the industrial city Shenzhen triggered further chaos.

As the rest of the world settles for coexisting with Covid-19, China seems to remain adamant about its zero-Covid policies by implementing strict lockdown and testing regulations.

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