Shanghai to downgrade last middle-risk area for COVID-19


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Tourists visit the Bund during the Lunar New Year holiday in East China's Shanghai, Feb 14, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] SHANGHAI -- Shanghai will downgrade the last middle-risk area to low-risk for COVID-19 on Friday as a local resurgence of the disease has been brought under control, local authorities said Thursday. With the downgrade, the entire city of Shanghai will become low-risk for the epidemic, according to the municipal COVID-19 prevention and control leading group. The city will continue to implement regular prevention and control measures, the group said. Since Jan 21, Shanghai has seen 22 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, according to...