Shanghai says 'zero-Covid' achieved but millions still in lockdown

Shanghai (AFP) May 17, 2022

Shanghai on Tuesday declared it had achieved "zero-Covid" across all its districts, sparking derision on social media as millions in China's biggest city remained under lockdown. Confronted with its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic, China - the last major economy still closed off to the world - put the city of 25 million under heavy restrictions in early April. The go