NO REST FROM TESTS People wearing face masks line up to be tested for the coronavirus while a health care worker wearing a hazmat suit and face shield stands at a testing site in Shanghai’s Xuhui district on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. XINHUA PHOTO
AS the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to spread and pose risks and concerns over its social and economic costs in China, its major cities have embarked on a quest to improve an anti-outbreak approach that can both meet dynamic zero-Covid-19 targets and minimize disruptions to social and economic activities, with the latest approach — phased "closed-off management," instead of citywide measures — now in effect by Shanghai, the country's financial hub.