No cars were sold in Shanghai in April as zero-Covid policy hammers activity – Local News 8

By Laura He, CNN Business Shanghai posted zero car sales last month as China pressed ahead with its stringent pandemic control measures . The biggest metropolitan area in China, home to 25 million residents, has been under a strict lockdown for seven weeks. Authorities have ordered people to stay at home and shut down many businesses, as they try to stamp out the city's worst ever Covid outbreak. Although authorities announced Monday that they will allow "low levels of activity" in some areas, numerous residents told CNN that they had not been allowed to go outside their residential complexes. The…