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May 17, 2022

China Says It Has Stamped Out Coronavirus in Shanghai After Weeks-Long Lockdown
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In China, authorities say Shanghai has achieved "zero-COVID" status
after no new cases of community spread were detected for three
consecutive days. This comes as a lockdown affecting some 25 million
Shanghai residents is now in its seventh week. Public health
restrictions across China this year have impacted hundreds of millions
of people, driving the official unemployment to more than 6% in April.
That's China's highest jobless rate since February 2020.


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