Shanghai chases karaoke COVID cluster as cases rise
STORY: Millions in Shanghai have been queuing up for a third day of compulsory mass COVID-19 testing, as cases begin to rise.
Authorities in several Chinese cities are attempting to track infections linked to an illegal karaoke lounge and an eatery which offered karaoke services without a license.
Local government officials around the country are under pressure to prevent the virus from spreading.
Looming large are worries about growth in the world’s second-largest economy.
In Shanghai, 50 compounds and venues have been locked down, taking the total to 81.
Shanghai has only recently emerged from a two-month lockdown, causing global supply chain disruption and mental stress on the city’s 25 million residents.
Yet some locals, like Louis Ma, say they are less concerned than before.
"I have no worries because I think in the past two months, I believe that policymakers, government, including residents, have learned from experience and learned how to deal with an epidemic like this better. So I'm not worried that there will be another round of the epidemic."
Although China’s caseload remains modest by global standards - 338 new cases on Wednesday (July 6) - the fast-spreading Omicron variant is proving to be a key test of China's strategy to eliminate all COVID transmission.
China's uncompromising "zero-COVID" policy increasingly contrasts with the attitude of the rest of the world which is trying to live with the disease.
But the government maintains the policy is saving lives and any “temporary” economic costs are worth bearing.
相關影片推薦
- 00940該越跌越買?高勝率ETF投資組合這樣買進擊的荷包73,355 次觀看・1 週前
- 1:35已婚男帶女子住高檔摩鐵 突然猝死妻錯愕|#鏡新聞鏡新聞12,946 次觀看・22 小時前
- 1:28兒媳搶家產 打人 還趕公公出門? 竹北紅布條引熱議東森新聞影音240,253 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:4131歲接家業! 殷琪婚姻兩度觸礁又未婚生子民視影音544,849 次觀看・2 天前
- 2:41日本90年代奇葩真人秀 諧星被迫全裸關房間逾一年 20年後紀錄片回顧創傷歷程Yahoo奇摩(國際通)29,162 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:0672歲李立群曬照慶祝生日 33歲女兒李元元罕見出鏡娛樂星聞12,926 次觀看・19 小時前
- 4:20傅崐萁訪陸帶兩岸紅利 民眾買單國民黨?街訪民眾表態【風向台灣 街訪】風向台灣139,713 次觀看・6 小時前
- 2:16美大學挺巴勒斯坦學運升級 UCLA示威者遭毆、營地被投擲煙火 警方進駐鎮壓Yahoo奇摩(國際通)15,230 次觀看・6 小時前
- 1:44「阿姨 妳拿我的雞腿幹嘛」 抓包婦人偷雞腿TVBS新聞網影音57,939 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:44返台前恐已擬好計畫! 自救會嘆「得償困難」|#鏡新聞鏡新聞1,601 次觀看・23 小時前