Setback for Shanghai's COVID battle; Beijing focus on mass testing Euronews


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By Brenda Goh and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI / BEIJING – China’s commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as authorities reported 58 new COVID -19 cases outside quarantine areas while Beijing pressed on with testing millions of its people on a May Day holiday few were celebrating. Tough coronavirus measures in Shanghai have stirred rare public anger, with millions of the city’s 25 million people confined indoors for more than a month, some sealed inside fenced off residential compounds, and many struggling to secure daily necessities. Shanghai residents breathed a sigh of relief at the weekend on...