Shanghai reports record asymptomatic COVID cases as lockdowns enter 2nd day
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SHANGHAI, March 29 (Reuters) - China's financial hub of Shanghai reported a record 4,381 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and 96 symptomatic cases for March 28, the city government said on its official WeChat account on Tuesday.
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FILE PHOTO - A man stands on a bank of the Huangpu river in Pudong, amid the lockdown in the Pudong area, to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Shanghai, China March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
That compared with 3,450 new asymptomatic cases and 50 new cases with symptoms reported a day earlier.
Shanghai on Sunday announced a two-stage lockdown of the city of 26 million people to carry out COVID-19 testing over a nine-day period. read more
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Reporting by Samuel Shen and David Stanway; Editing by Jacqueline Wong
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