Shanghai Finds First BA.5 Sub-Variant Case as Outbreak Grows
- Country’s financial hub to step up mass testing this week
- China cases rebounding after earlier successful suppression
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Shanghai reported its first case of the BA.5 sub-variant on Sunday, warning of “very high” risks as the city’s rising Covid outbreak sparks fears of a return to its earlier lockdown.
The case was discovered Friday, Zhao Dandan, vice head of Shanghai’s health commission, said at a press conference Sunday. Mass testing for Covid will be performed twice between July 12 and July 14 in nine districts, as well as tests for people in some neighborhoods in other districts where infected people have been, he added. The city reported one local Covid case outside quarantine for Sunday.