Shanghai to Lockdown Millions for Mass COVID-19 Testing

Shanghai, China's commercial hub, will impose a new lockdown on millions of people for a mass COVID-19 testing campaign this weekend, Reuters reported on Friday.

The campaign is coming only 10 days after lifting the two-month lockdown due to the latest outbreak of the virus inside the city as the authorities detected new community cases including a case traced to a popular beauty salon.

The authorities demanded this city-wide test for preventing any further emergence of the virus among the residents of the city.

Last week, residents of the Chinese capital, Beijing, celebrated the lifting of restrictions and the reopening of restaurants, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Since the beginning of May, bars, cafes, gyms, and museums have been closed in Beijing, as well as dozens of metro stations in the city of 22 million people, to cope with the outbreak of the COVID  pandemic.

Beijing recorded only dozens of daily infections with COVID, but like anywhere else in China, the municipality implemented a “zero COVID” strategy to limit the spread of the virus and deaths.

It is worthy to mention that China reported 151 new coronavirus cases for June 9, including 106 asymptomatic cases, according to the National Health Commission.