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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Shanghai Says 'Zero-Covid' Achieved but Millions Still in Lockdown

Confronted with its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic, China put Shanghai under heavy restrictions in early April Hector RETAMAL AFP/File

Shanghai on Tuesday declared it had achieved "zero-Covid" across all its districts, sparking derision on social media as millions in China's biggest city remained under lockdown.

Confronted with its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic, China -- the last major economy still closed off to the world -- put the city of 25 million under heavy restrictions in early April, AFP said.

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