Shanghai lockdown tests 'zero-COVID' limits, shakes markets
BEIJING (AP) Chinese authorities sought to reassure companies and jittery investors on Tuesday as a two-phase lockdown of Shanghais 26 million people entered its second day, casting an unusual quiet over the normally bustling center of finance, manufacturing and trade.
The omicron outbreak in Shanghai is one of a series across the country that is testing the governments ability to enforce a strict zero-COVID strategy without overly disrupting the economy and peoples daily lives.
Many shops were shuttered and pedestrians were sparse even in the half of the city that remained open. The lockdown is being conducted in two phases to limit the disruption, starting with the Pudong financial district and adjacent areas on the east side of the Huangpu River that divides Shanghai.
Zhang Meisha, taking a morning jog along the fabled Bund on the rivers west bank, said she hoped to enjoy more sunshine before the lockdown shifted to Puxi. Only an occasional tourist lingered on the promenade lined with century-old historic buildings.
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