All the way to Beijing.
The Chinese capital is engaged in a race against time against Omicron, in order to prevent a brutal confinement, already in place in Shanghai, while the second world economy is facing its strongest epidemic outbreak in two years.
Authorities have imposed mandatory PCR tests on 20 million Beijingers, or nearly 90% of the population, and are sealing off an increasing number of neighborhoods.
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In Shanghai, the zero Covid strategy sows anger and doubt
“Measurements cannot wait another day. All individuals and sites at risk must be tested immediately,”
said Cai Qi, the city’s Communist Party leader, showing his determination to apply President Xi Jinping’s zero Covid strategy without fail and to avoid the virus. fate of Shanghai, paralyzed for weeks.
Beijing recorded 213 new cases in one week, a tiny toll compared to the figures in Europe, but which is enough to put the showcase of the communist regime under siege.
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Shanghai, which recorded more than 500,000...
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