ANOTHER ROUND A health worker in protective gear takes a swab sample from a woman at the entrance of a residential area under lockdown in Shanghai’s Xuhui district on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. AFP PHOTO
ANOTHER ROUND A health worker in protective gear takes a swab sample from a woman at the entrance of a residential area under lockdown in Shanghai’s Xuhui district on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. AFP PHOTO

SHANGHAI: Shanghai will lock down a district of more than 2 million people on Saturday to conduct mass coronavirus tests, city authorities said, as the Chinese metropolis struggles to fully emerge from punishing curbs.

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