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Shanghai Residents Remain Largely Locked Down Despite Easing
- Number of people freed from lockdown is smaller than it seemed
- U.S. orders exit of non-essential staff at Shanghai consulate
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The number of people released from Shanghai’s lockdown is smaller than it initially seemed, with the vast majority of the city’s 25 million residents still subject to tight movement restrictions which keep them in their homes or compounds.
On Monday Shanghai announced it was easing the lockdown for the 43% of compounds which had no virus infections in the past two weeks. However details released overnight showed that those 7,565 areas included not just residential complexes but also hotels, shopping malls and government buildings.