Shanghai cuts off community transmission of COVID in 15 districts
People's Daily Online
(Xinhua) 11:12, May 16, 2022
SHANGHAI, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China's Shanghai has cut off the community transmission of COVID-19 in 15 out of its 16 districts, according to a press conference on epidemic prevention and control held Monday.
At present, the number of people living in "closed-off management areas" has dropped to no more than 1 million, and the epidemic has been effectively brought under control, according to the press conference.
The megacity, with a population of over 24 million, reported 69 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 869 local asymptomatic cases on Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday.
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