China’s financial hub of Shanghai reported on Monday a record daily surge in local Covid-19 infections as authorities scrambled to test residents and rein in the Omicron variant, while closing its Disney resort until further notice.
Highlights
- Shanghai reported 24 new domestically transmitted Covid cases with confirmed symptoms for Sunday.
- It is the fourth consecutive day that Shanghai’s local asymptomatic infections have increased.
- Authorities scrambled to test residents and rein in the Omicron variant, while closing its Disney resort until further notice.
- Shanghai has quickly followed China’s “dynamic clearance” policies, shutting schools and testing residential compounds in the effort to limit the spread of the virus.
- The city also shut the Shanghai Disney Resort from Monday until later notice.
- It is hoped for continued public support for the policy, health official Wu Jinglei told a news briefing.