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A worker in a protective suit keeps watch outside a cordoned-off entrance following the Covid-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China, 30 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

'Stop asking why': Shanghai tightens Covid lockdown, Beijing keeps testing

Strict Covid restrictions in Beijing, Shanghai and dozens of other major cities across China are taking a psychological toll on its people, weighing on the world's second-largest economy and...

Medical workers in protective suits stand next to a line of residents waiting to take nucleic acid test at a locked down residential area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 7, 2022. Picture taken April 7, 2022. REUTERS
Global Economy

China April factory activity contracts at steeper pace as lockdowns bite

FILE PHOTO: Police and security members in protective suits stand outside cordoned off food stores following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China 29 March, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

More than 12 mln in Shanghai can leave homes as Covid risk ebbs

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Global Economy

China lockdowns drag on earnings of chipmakers, industrials

Medical workers in protective suits stand next to a line of residents waiting to take nucleic acid test at a locked down residential area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 7, 2022. Picture taken April 7, 2022. REUTERS
Analysis

China's Xi sticks with Covid stance despite anger, economic headwinds

Cap: China’s Covid outbreak and lockdowns could result in further disruption to already strained food supplies, adding to global risks. Photo: Reuters
Analysis

China’s Covid lockdowns, surging oil add to inflation risks

A person in a protective suit walks with a dog in a residential area under lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

Whole of Shanghai enters Covid lockdown despite lower symptomatic cases

A police officer in a protective suit keeps watch on a street, as the second stage of a two-stage lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) begins in Shanghai, China 1 April 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

As Shanghai expands Covid lockdown, life on hold in city of 26 million

A worker in a protective suit keeps watch outside a cordoned-off entrance following the Covid-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China, 30 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Shanghai expands Covid lockdown as new daily caseload surges by a third

A police officer in a protective suit keeps watch next to a bridge leading to the Pudong area across the Huangpu river, after traffic restrictions amid the lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Shanghai, China, 28 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Shanghai tightens Covid lockdown on second day of curbs

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask walks next to barriers set up to block buildings from a street in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

Chinese cities and factories lock down as outbreak spreads

FILE PHOTO: People line up to get their nucleic acid test at a mass testing site following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
China

China locks down city of 3.5 million near Vietnam border

In this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, la loader is used to move aid supplies at the port at Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, after HMAS Adelaide carried in the disaster relief and humanitarian aid supplies. The danger of spreading the coronavirus was underscored when nearly two dozen sailors aboard the the Adelaide were reported infected on Tuesday, raising fears they could bring the coronavirus to the small Pacific archipelago devastated by an undersea volcanic eruption and a tsunami on Jan. 15. Photo: UNB/AP
World+Biz

Eruption-hit Tonga closes borders as Covid detected