News Snapshot:
The lockdown of Shanghai’s 25 million residents enters its 7th week of what was initially promised to be less than 7 days. This is part of China’s “Zero-COVID” policy in which any community, regardless of size, that is found to have COVID cases goes into complete lockdown until no further cases are identified. Under the policy, residents are not allowed to leave their homes except for the purpose of being COVID tested every two days or to go to a hospital for an emergency. This includes not being allowed to leave to get food, seek non-emergent medical attention or attend...
