On June 9, residents of Shanghai's sprawling Minhang area were forced to stay at home for two days in order to control COVID-19 transmission threats. On June 11, the government of Minhang, which has a population of over 2 million people, will conduct nucleic acid tests for all citizens, and limitations will be eased once the testing is completed, according to the administration's WeChat account.

Parts of Shanghai impose new Covid lockdown measures

Shanghai, which is China's eastern financial hub, reported 20 new coronavirus deaths and 5,395 local asymptomatic cases on Monday. The city's residents have complained that they are being sent out of the city during a COVID-19 crackdown by the Communist Party.

Shanghai reports 20 new COVID-related deaths as residents are being sent out of city during crackdown

Shanghai, which is reeling under a massive outbreak of coronavirus cases, has released over 11,000 recovered COVID-19 patients from hospitals, but infection numbers continued to climb, raising questions about China's much-touted dynamic zero-case policy.

Shanghai releases thousands of recovered Covid patients, but new cases continue to rise

The United States has authorised ''voluntary departure'' of non-essential personnel from Shanghai due to the tough coronavirus restrictions in the city. The US State Department said in a statement that the families of all Americans have also been granted permission to leave.

US authorises 'voluntary departure' of non-essential personnel from Shanghai

As Shanghai battles the Omicron wave amid the lockdown, China's state-run Global Times said authorities had deployed 38,000 health workers during testing which is the largest number of medical aid since the virus broke out in Wuhan over two years ago.

Shanghai's COVID 'mission impossible': 38k health workers deployed, sampling of 25 million residents completed

Nearly all of Shanghai's 25 million residents were under stay-at-home orders on Saturday, as parents raised fears of being separated from their children in the event of a positive Covid-19 test.

Shanghai parents fear separation from kids after positive Covid test

After announcing a partial lockdown in the capital, Chinese authorities have undertaken a mass testing programme in Beijing amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Watch: China on Friday reported a marginal decline in coronavirus cases with 103 new cases down from 144 COVID-19 cases a day earlier.

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