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Shanghai Reports 1st COVID Deaths Since Start of Lockdown

Shanghai on Monday said three people had died from COVID-19, the first official announcement of deaths from an outbreak which has plunged the megacity into a weeks-long lockdown, sparking widespread anger and rare protests. Since March, a patchwork of restrictions has kept most of the city's 25 million residents confined…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shanghai records first official Covid deaths since lockdown imposed

Three fatalities were one woman aged 89 and two 91-year-olds, highlighting concerns about low vaccination rates among elderly

The Guardian - AU

China’s growth beats forecasts, but COVID, Ukraine risks grow

Stronger-than-expected figures cover only a small period of ongoing ultra-strict lockdown in Shanghai.

Al Jazeera

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Australians under lockdown in Shanghai fear family separation as city reports first COVID deaths

Australians living under Shanghai's strict COVID lockdown say taking infected children away from their parents is "inhumane".

ABC News

Shanghai quarantine: 24-hour lights, no hot showers

Thousands of people in Shanghai who test positive for the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms are being ordered into quarantine centers in exhibition halls and other buildings

The Independent UK

Shanghai’s lockdown protests reveal tensions over zero-Covid

China’s determination to enforce zero-Covid policies is pushing its vast, bustling financial hub to breaking point

The Guardian - UK

Shanghai targets lockdown turning point by Wednesday - sources

Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter said, which would allow the city to further ease its lockdown and start returning to normal life as public frustrations grow.

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Lockdowns affecting 373 million Chinese

About 373 million people in 45 cities across China have come under some form of lockdown due to a surge in coronavirus cases, according to estimates by a Nomura International analysts in Hong Kong.

Bangkok Post

Weekly Must-Read: China Slashes Quarantines for Travelers in Covid Control Trial

International arrivals will face 10 days of isolation instead of 14 in four-week test involving Shanghai, Guangzhou and six other cities

Caixin Global

China’s surge proves the folly of trying to achieve ‘zero-COVID-19′

From the outset, mystery has shrouded the COVID-19 pandemic in China. The origin of the virus remains unknown, important Chinese journalists and key scientists have been muted, and case and death totals reported by China’s government have been unbelievably low — the United States and most of Western Europe have…

Chicago Tribune

More Chinese cities tighten controls as Shanghai COVID cases rise

Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its "dynamic clearance" approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

Reuters

Shanghai is China's richest city. But even billionaires and celebrities aren't safe from its extreme lockdown

As Shanghai enters its fourth week of lockdown, Chinese elites are finding themselves trapped by extreme COVID measures in a city where the welfare of lower-income residents remains unknown.

ABC News

Chinese cops in hazmat suits seize people's HOMES in world's strictest Covid lockdown

Shanghai is struggling with over 20,000 new Covid cases a day - and residents have been ordered out of their flats to make way for positive coronavirus patients

Daily Mirror

Tesla's Giga Shanghai May Restart Production April 18

Tesla was forced to shut down its Gigafactory in Shanghai on March 28. The freeze was recently extended, but sources confirm the goal is to reopen next week.

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The Guardian - UK

Will China’s zero-Covid policy bring the world’s factory grinding to a halt?

Huawei executive warns of ‘massive losses’ in tech sector as tensions rise over strict lockdowns

Evening Standard

Shanghai residents and police clash after homes seized for Covid quarantine

Shanghai residents have been seen in a video wrangling with authorities in hazmat suits as anger and desperation at the city’s Covid lockdown continues.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Apple, Others Face Shipment Delays as China COVID Curbs Squeeze Suppliers, Say Analysts

Shipments of some Apple products, as well as Dell and Lenovo laptops are likely to face delays if China's COVID-19 lockdowns persist, analysts said, as curbs force assemblers to shut down and closed-loop arrangements get harder to maintain. China's race to stop the spread of COVID-19 has jammed highways and…

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.45% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.56%

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ABC News

Shanghai authorities turning residential buildings into COVID-19 isolation facilities, sparking anger

Authorities in Shanghai are converting residential buildings into quarantine centres to house a mounting number of COVID-19 cases, but the move is sparking anger and protests among neighbours who are worried they are being put at increased risk of infection.

Tribune News Service

Xi moves to stop Shanghai COVID rage from sweeping across China

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping now has a bigger problem than stopping COVID-19 infections: quelling escalating anger in Shanghai before it spreads across China, creating a wider crisis of confidence in the Communist Party.

Benzinga

Alibaba Tech VP Mocks China's Covid Policies; Clarifies Not Resigning

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE:BABA) VP of technology, Jia Yangqing, clarified that he did not resign from the company and had traveled from Shanghai to the U.S. to see a doctor, Global Times reports. Jia traveled from Shanghai to California, the U.S., in the middle of the night because of the situation…

The Independent UK

Anti-virus shutdowns in China spread as infections rise

Anti-virus controls are shutting down some of China’s biggest cities and fueling public irritation as infections rise

The Times of India

Locked-Down Shanghai residents barter for what money can’t buy

SHANGHAI: For many of Shanghai’s 25 million residents, the city’s strict Covid lockdown has made procuring food and daily necessities a struggle money can’t resolve. They’re resorting instead to bartering, trading neighbors ice cream for vegetables or wine for cake.

The Times of India

Elderly Shanghai man’s pleas for medical help censored in China

BEIJING: China has censored an audio clip of an elderly man in Shanghai begging a local official for help seeing a doctor, a sign of the pressure confronting the government as it enforces an increasingly unpopular lockdown on the financial hub of 25 million people.

Reuters

Camp beds and bread for Shanghai's quarantined COVID cases

Separated by less than an arm's length, people at a quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Shanghai after testing positive for COVID-19 lie in rows of grey camp beds, suitcases and other belongings strewn next to them.

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