China extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing Monday as Beijing reports claim cases of COVID-19 rose in the Chinese capital.
In the midst of the hardship and sufferings, Numerous residential compounds in the city have restricted movement in and out, in Shanghai millions of citizens have been under varying degrees of lockdown for two months.
Beijing on Monday reported an uptick in new cases to 99, up from a previous daily average of around 50. Two more districts, Shijingshan and Haidian, began a work-from-home policy this week, bringing the total to six. In cases where people need to go to their offices, the number of workers is limited to 30% of the normal level.
Nationwide, China reported 802 new cases Monday, marking a steady decline interrupted only by small-scale localized outbreaks. Despite that, the government has hewed to strict quarantine, lockdown and testing measures under its “zero-COVID” approach, even while the outside world is opening up; China still Extends Work-From-Home Order.
The number of new cases in China’s largest city has fallen under 1,000 for eight days in a row said Lei Zhenglong, the deputy chief of disease control and prevention at the National Health Commission.
A reopening of transport links out of Shanghai has created an exodus of migrant workers and others who were trapped by the lockdown. Among those who remain, some have been issued exit passes to leave their residential compounds or neighborhoods for a limited time for shopping or walks, while others remain restricted to their buildings.
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