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Shanghai Adds Record Covid Cases as Authorities Increase Testing

  • China announces temporary halt in passenger train ticket sales
  • New Covid-19 infections in Shanghai jump 40% on Friday
A worker sits under a temporary shelter at a neighborhood placed under lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai on March 25.

A worker sits under a temporary shelter at a neighborhood placed under lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai on March 25.

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Shanghai health officials once again resisted a city-wide lockdown even as new Covid-19 cases hit a fresh record, while the country’s railway operator halted sales of passenger tickets for trips beginning April 8.