Daily Memo: Shanghai’s New Target to Stop COVID-19

Officials want to stop the spread of the virus by April 20.

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New timeline. In an effort to ease the strict lockdown and return to normal life, Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday. This will require accelerated testing and transfer of people who test positive to quarantine centers, according to a local Communist Party official. On […]

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