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Six Shanghai districts reach 'zero-COVID' status
China's financial hub of Shanghai has reined in COVID transmission risks at the community level, excluding cases in quarantine centres, with six of its 16 districts attaining zero-COVID status, an official said on Sunday.
Published : 1 May 2022, 09:26 AM
Updated : 1 May 2022, 09:26 AM
This status is achieved when a district has three consecutive days with no new daily increases in infections, city government official Gu Honghui told a news conference.
Public transport will be allowed to resume in five of the six districts, a city health official added, but did not say when.
Despite the fall in transmissions, Shanghai will launch a new round of citywide PCR and antigen tests from Sunday until May 7, Gu added.
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