News Snapshot:
Shanghai authorities scoured the city of 25 million people for its last remaining COVID cases Thursday in the hope of ending its draconian six-week lockdown that has seen trapped residents screaming from their apartment windows in rage. Meanwhile, Beijing halted taxi services to try to curb the city’s own virus outbreak. Shanghai’s mass testing detected just two new cases outside areas facing the strictest movement restrictions Thursday, but that was two more than the previous day, when zero cases were reported. The Chinese commercial hub in recent days has been tightening its lockdown to choke out the virus by the...
