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Shanghai’s March Industrial Output Falls 7.5% on Covid Lockdowns

Pandemic-fighting measures cause first contraction in two years, city reports as officials push for resumption of production by local businesses

Caixin Global · Apr 22, 2022

Tesla's Giga Shanghai Is Back To Ramping Production Quickly

Tesla's China factory was shut down for about 3 weeks due to COVID-19 lockdowns. It's back in action, and Musk says, despite losses, production will mirror Q1.

InsideEVs · Apr 22, 2022

Shanghai promises to improve access to food supplies and trade amid ongoing COVID-19 shutdown

Officials in Shanghai promise to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers as they try to revive the local economy and improve food supplies while millions of people are still confined to their homes.

ABC News · Apr 22, 2022

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Shanghai Ups Citywide Testing Regime in Effort to Become Covid-Free

The high-frequency testing push came after two suburban districts reported no new positive cases, a sign that the city’s outbreak might be on a downward trend

Caixin Global · Apr 22, 2022

Shanghai promises to improve food supplies, trade

Officials in Shanghai have promised to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies and trade as they try to keep the local economy functioning while millions of people are still confined to their homes

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2022

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.23% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.29%

Caixin Global · Apr 22, 2022

Door alarms to be fitted to stop Shanghai residents with COVID leaving their homes

All infected people and close contacts will also be transferred to government-run centralised quarantine centres under Covid curbs

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2022

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Shanghai extends Covid-19 lockdown till April 26 as death toll rises to 36

BEIJING: Shanghai has extended the Covid-19 lockdown to April 26, amid reports of growing public resentment as the eastern metropolis of 26 million reported 11 more deaths on Thursday, taking the toll in the current outbreak to 36.

The Times of India · Apr 22, 2022

Weekly Must-Read: The Disrupted Lifelines of the Shanghai Outbreak

How the city’s Covid flare-up is throwing a wrench into the gears of China’s business engine as 25 million residents struggle to meet basic needs

Caixin Global · Apr 22, 2022

Nerves fray, frustration grows in Shanghai's lockdown purgatory

Stiffening resolve after three weeks of strict lockdown, authorities warned Shanghai's 25 million frazzled residents on Friday that their purgatory would go on until the COVID-19 virus was eradicated neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

Reuters · Apr 22, 2022

China relocates entire neighbourhoods 100 miles away in world's strictest Covid lockdown

China has repeatedly taken extreme methods in its attempts to try and stamp out any Covid cases, including forcibly moving people from their homes and into quarantine facilities

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2022

Tibet builds makeshift Covid hospitals despite one case since pandemic began

The move in Tibet, which has reported one Covid case since 2020, comes as 16 million people remain in lockdown in Shanghai

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2022

Hong Kong Disney opens as COVID eases; Shanghai deaths rise

Hong Kong has relaxed pandemic restrictions with Disneyland and museums reopening and nighttime restaurant dining resuming as the city’s worst COVID-19 outbreak appears to be fading

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 2.26% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 2.7%

Caixin Global · Apr 21, 2022

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Reuters · Apr 21, 2022

Shanghai people 'not free to fly' out of homes as COVID cases tick back up

Shanghai authorities said on Thursday tough restrictions would remain in place for now even in districts which managed to cut COVID-19 transmission to zero, prolonging the agony for many residents who have been stuck at home for most of this month.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 21, 2022

Shanghai Official Covid Death Toll Rises to 25

Shanghai logged eight official Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, reporting a mounting death toll even as daily cases appear to be tapering off and some residents are finally free to venture outside under an easing lockdown. China's largest city and commercial engine is inching towards reopening after weeks-long restrictions kept most…

The Times of India · Apr 21, 2022

Covid-19: Elderly Shanghai woman's quarantine ordeal sparks outrage

SHANGHAI: The treatment of a 92-year-old Shanghai woman who was sent to quarantine late at night has caused anger in China, underscoring the frustration that many are feeling under the nation’s strict Covid Zero rules.

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Surprisingly low Shanghai COVID death count spurs questions

In a city of 25 million people with hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 cases, Chinese health authorities have reported only 25 coronavirus deaths

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Benzinga · Apr 21, 2022

Elon Musk Says Tesla Giga Shanghai Returning 'With A Vengeance' After COVID-19 Halts, Sees Record Q2 Output

Tesla Inc's (NASDAQ: TSLA) Giga Shanghai could spring a production surprise in the current quarter as the key plant returns to production after weeks of shutdowns due to COVID-19 curbs in China.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2022

Covid forces China to face mental health crisis a long time in the making

Strains of lockdown have seen demand for counselling services soar, exposing a lack of mental health support that long pre-dates the pandemic

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2022

Elderly Shanghai woman’s quarantine ordeal sparks outrage

The treatment of a 92-year-old Shanghai woman who was sent to quarantine late at night has caused anger in China, underscoring the frustration that many are feeling under the nation’s strict COVID Zero rules.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2022

The Guardian view on China’s zero-Covid strategy: no way out?

Editorial: The human costs of lockdown in Shanghai have sparked frustration and despair. But leaders have no exit strategy

Benzinga · Apr 20, 2022

Half Of Apple's 200 Chinese Suppliers Said To Be Operating In Lockdown-Hit Areas

Almost half of Apple Inc's (NASDAQ: AAPL) 200 top suppliers are based in Shanghai and other COVID-19 lockdown-hit areas of China, according to a

Reuters · Apr 20, 2022

In Shanghai lockdown, Carrefour staff sleeps at store to keep residents supplied

To prepare the 3,000-plus orders of vegetables, meat and essentials her Carrefour supermarket sends out every day to locked-in Shanghai residents, manager Zhang Wei wakes at 5 a.m. after a night in a sleeping bag on her office floor.

Caixin Global · Apr 20, 2022

China’s Covid Controls Take a Heavy Toll on Highway Traffic

Volume of vehicles of the nation’s expressways plunges 40%, including a 65% drop in the Yangtze River Delta region around Shanghai

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