Shanghai Imposes Strict Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Surge: China

After Shanghai reported over 4,000 fresh single-day COVID-19 infections, the authority imposed a strict lockdown, barring people from venturing out. Under the new curbs, residents of the eastern part of the city including pudong district, will be under a complete lockdown, except for COVID-19 testing outside. The Shanghai Municipal Corporation issued notice in this regard. With Shanghai, approximately 62 million people in the nation are currently under lockdown restrictions.