China's Shanghai lockdown tests 'zero-COVID' strategy

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chinese authorities sought to reassure companies and jittery investors on Tuesday as a two-phase lockdown of Shanghai's 26 million people entered its second day, casting an unusual quiet over the normally bustling center of finance , manufacturing and trade . The omicron outbreak in Shanghai is one of a series across the country that is testing the government's ability to enforce a strict "zero-COVID" strategy without overly disrupting the economy and people's daily lives. Many shops were shuttered and pedestrians were sparse even in the half of the city that remained open….