Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a brief period of loosening up.
The city of Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a brief period of loosening up, frustrating residents who were hoping that a lockdown already more than a month old was finally easing as the number of new cases falls in China’s financial center.
Teams in white protective suits have begun entering the homes of coronavirus-infected people to spray disinfectant, prompting worries among some about damage to clothes and valuables and about leaving their keys with a community volunteer when they are taken to quarantine — a new requirement so disinfectant workers can get in.
China’s adherence to a “zero-tolerance” COVID strategy, as many other countries loosen restrictions and try to live with the virus, is exacting a. Ever more extreme measures have been required to bring outbreaks under control, because the Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads so easily. China’s ruling Communist Party, with an eye on a major party congress this fall, is showing no signs of backing down from its tough COVID policies anytime soon.
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