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Shanghai to Mass Test Whole City Weekly to Keep Covid at Bay
- Financial hub reported 16 new virus cases for Wednesday
- Authorities going to great lengths to adhere to Covid Zero
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Shanghai, which reported just 16 Covid-19 cases for Wednesday, will conduct mass testing drives every weekend until the end of July in the latest display of the lengths authorities are going to in order to maintain a zero-tolerance approach to the virus that’s disrupting its economy and leaving it isolated.
A temporary lockdown will also be imposed on residential complexes where a Covid case is detected in the week leading up to the weekend testing, Zhao Dandan, an official with the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, said at a briefing Wednesday. The lockdown will be lifted once everyone in the compound has been tested, he said.