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Major cities in China, including Shanghai, have set up mass testing sites and are expanding their closure obligations as the number of COVID-19 cases increases.
According to Reuters calculations using official Monday data, the Chinese government reported about 390 daily infections in the seven days ending on Sunday. These new numbers showed a surge in infections from 340 in the previous 7 days.
Shanghai reported more than 12 new cases on Monday, but none occurred outside the quarantine area.
Shanghai is still recovering from the blockade for nearly two months in the spring, after the surge in COVID-19 forced 24 million inhabitants to stay indoors for most of the blockade. The result was a serious blow to the country’s economy. The emerging blockade restrictions are now raising concerns across the Internet.
Residents of Beijing wore surveillance bracelets to carry out COVID quarantine and urged protests.
“I have no words,” a Shanghai resident told Reuters. “It sounds like a waste of resources that doesn’t address the real problem.”
According to the Associated Press, the recent outbreak is related to a karaoke parlor that opened without permission during the blockade and failed to take precautions between both employees and customers, the city’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism said. ..
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Zhao Dandan, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, told AP, “Most of these recreational facilities are closed indoors, people move frequently, people are concentrated, and personal protection measures are inadequate. Therefore, the virus spreads rapidly. ”
Northern cities, including Lanzhou and Tianjin, have also launched mass inspection sites and blockades, depending on the number of cases in each city. In Beijing, another major city in China, two cases were found on Monday after a week of zero infections. All infected buildings are closed.
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Reuters contributed to this report.