China Sticks To Its Covid Controls As The Virus Spreads

 

Bloomberg: China Maintains Covid Fight as Virus Lockdowns Pummel Economy 

(Bloomberg) -- Beijing will close gyms and cinemas over the Labor Day holiday and Shanghai will keep virus measures in place despite falling cases as it seeks to stamp out the Covid-19 outbreak that’s hobbled its economy. 

China’s economic activity contracted sharply in April as a series of lockdowns to contain the rapidly-spreading virus closed factories and snarled supply chains, according to data released on Saturday. 

That followed sweeping pledges last week from the nation’s top leaders to boost economic growth. The nation is battling its worst outbreak since the pathogen first emerged in Wuhan in late 2019, with the lockdown imposed on Shanghai’s residents one of the longest and most punishing. 

The city’s crisis has prompted other regions to impose more hardline measures at the slightest sign of virus flareups to avoid the social and economic dislocation endured by the financial hub.  

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China Sticks To Its Covid Controls As The Virus Spreads  

Dynamic zero-COVID strategy seen as 'purchase insurance for 1.4 billion Chinese people': top expert -- Global Times  

Setback for Shanghai's COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing -- Reuters  

Setback In Shanghai As New Covid Cases Reported Beyond Lockdown, Beijing Carries Out More Mass Testing -- Forbes  

China Lockdowns Wreak Havoc on Economy as Xi Pledges Support -- Bloomberg  

Chinese leaders stick to Covid controls as the virus spreads and forces a Beijing luxury mall to close temporarily -- CNBC  

Beijing teeters on edge of Covid lockdown -- Financial Times 

China COVID hard line eats into everything from Teslas to tacos -- Reuters