Shanghai begins confinement due to Covid-19 and puts markets on alert

First modification: China seeks to carry out mass testing to control a growing outbreak of Covid-19, while concerns are raised about the economic cost at home and abroad of its strict "Zero Covid" policy. The biggest since Wuhan. Shanghai, the financial capital and the largest city in China, is facing a strong outbreak of Covid-19 that forced the authorities to decree a two-sided quarantine that ends until April 5. With 26 million inhabitants, Shanghai seeks to contain the worst outbreak recorded in the city since the Covid-19 pandemic began. The confinement, proposed to two blocs, could affect both the Chinese…