Shanghai strengthens management of nursing homes amid COVID-19-Xinhua


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SHANGHAI, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai has strengthened management over care homes for the elderly across the city amid the latest resurgence of COVID-19 infections, an official said on Friday. The nursing facilities in Shanghai banned visitors from March 1, while they began to adopt closed-off management on March 10, Peng Chenlei, deputy mayor of Shanghai, told a press conference. Starting on April 2, Shanghai launched stricter control over the flow of supplies for the nursing homes. All packages and items must be disinfected before they can be taken to the facilities, said Peng. Over the past 40-plus days, the...