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A top Shanghai official on Saturday acknowledged the shortcomings in the city’s handling of the raging Covid-19 outbreak as it reported a record 23,600 new cases amid a lockdown crippling health care and civic infrastructure. Addressing a press conference, deputy mayor Jong Ming said there was a need to improve handling of the outbreak, though he praised the work of frontline medics and the public’s support. “We feel the same way about the problems that everyone raised and voiced,” Zong said at Saturday’s briefing. “A lot of our work has not been enough, and there is still a huge gap...
