Shanghai tightens draconian COVID lockdowns again as cases decline

Shanghai has once again tightened its draconian lockdowns in a fresh push to achieve “COVID zero” this month — just as China’s biggest city was starting to emerge from a month of strict anti-virus restrictions.

Fresh stay-at-home orders were put in place in some of the city’s 16 districts over the weekend, despite new COVID cases continuing to fall.

Notices issued in several districts ordered residents to stay home and banned them from receiving nonessential deliveries as part of a “quiet period” that is in place until at least Wednesday. The tightened measures could be extended depending on the results of mass COVID testing in the districts, the notices said.

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