The reinvigorated lockdown comes as Covid fatalities begin to mount in the financial hub; Thursday’s record count added to an overall death toll of 36. With an average age of 84.2, the people who died Thursday all had severe underlying conditions such as heart and liver disease, said the city, and only one was vaccinated.
Despite declines for five consecutive days this week, the number of new daily cases continues to hover close to the 20,000 level, at 17,629 on Thursday. More pressing for city officials is that nearly 3% of new cases are still being found in the community, with the rest detected already in quarantine. ChinaWith residents frustrated by weeks of lockdown, implementation of movement restrictions had loosened in recent weeks.
The crisis in what was previously China’s most open and sophisticated city is leading to an exodus of expatriates and global businesses. China also maintains strict travel curbs nationwide as part of its efforts to keep out the virus. “The longer that this goes on, the frustrations are continuing to grow,” he said. “There has been some easing of internal logistics. There has been some resumption, as you just said, of operations on the ground. But again, the uncertainty about how long this will continue, and in what form, continues to impact business confidence.
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