Mass Covid-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SHENZHEN - Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as mass Covid-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people.
"Internet users agreed, leaving comments that strengthening the prevention and control of the epidemic on weekends in some districts of Shenzhen is the fastest and most effective way to break the chain of virus transmission." One person from each household will be allowed out from their compound once over the two days to buy food, medicines and necessities, the six districts said.
"The fear of going places, the constant disruption to work, has to be worse than the virus itself," she said, declining to give her full name. In the south-western metropolis of Chengdu, which put its 21 million people under lockdown on Thursday, officials announced the suspension of in-person teaching for primary and secondary schools from Monday.China's Shenzhen closes world's largest electronics market in Covid-19 prevention measure
Meanwhile, social media platforms like Weibo were flooded with angry comments late on Friday as Chengdu residents undergoing compulsory Covid-19 testing complained about long queues and waiting times due to a malfunction in the city's IT system.
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