Shanghai Shifts Lockdown; Singapore Border: Virus Update
Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk past a neighborhood under lockdown in Shanghai on March 30.
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Shanghai started part two of its phased lockdown on Friday, confining some 16 million people living in the western part of the city to their homes after ending a four-day lockdown of the eastern half.
The outbreak in Shanghai is the biggest test yet for President Xi Jinping’s goals of eliminating the virus while minimizing the economic and social impacts of a Covid Zero strategy. The country’s top epidemiologist said China is capable of becoming infection-free again.