City locks down, Shanghai shuts schools

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 13, 2022 3:00 am

SHANGHAI: A Chinese city of 9 million was ordered into lockdown on Friday, and Shanghai shut its schools as authorities scrambled to halt a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that has pushed nationwide cases to their highest levels in two years.

Changchun, the capital of northeastern Jilin province and an important industrial base, ordered residents to stay at home, allowing one person out every two days to buy 'daily necessities.'

TESTING PATIENCE People queue up to be tested as a measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus at the Shanghai Jin’an Central Hospital, in Shanghai on Friday, March 11, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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