SHANGHAI, April 20 — Shanghai reported today no new cases of Covid-19 outside quarantined areas in two districts, raising hopes that the tide was turning in its battle against the epidemic, with some factories around the city making a gradual return to work. In an event highly-publicised on state...
SHANGHAI, April 20 — Shanghai reported today no new cases of Covid-19 outside quarantined areas in two districts, raising hopes that the tide was turning in its battle against the epidemic, with some factories around the city making a gradual return to work.
Stringent lockdown measures enforced after the outbreak began in early March have left the city’s 25 million people struggling with the loss of income, irregular food supplies, separation of families and poor quarantine conditions. She said the trend had resulted in a significant reduction in the number of people resident in “sealed areas”, where the strictest curbs on movement are enforced.
Numerous residents, however, have said that a family member had died after contracting Covid-19 since early March, but cases had not been included in official statistics, raising doubts over their accuracy.Sources told Reuters that Shanghai aims to stop the spread of Covid-19 outside quarantined areas by Wednesday.
And while prioritised firms have begun to resume factory operations, analysts do not expect a straight line recovery in production.
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