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In a desperate bid to control a growing outbreak in Shanghai, authorities in China have enacted the most extensive COVID-19 lockdown since the pandemic first started in Wuhan over two years ago. The financial hub, home to over 26 million residents, has been placed into a citywide lockdown as more questions are raised over the financial and economic toll the nation’s stringent “Zero-COVID” measures are taking. Previously, Shanghai had managed its smaller previous outbreaks with limited lockdowns of housing compounds and workplaces where the virus was reported to be spreading. This will be the first time authorities have decided to...
