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Shanghai neighborhoods return to lockdown just a day after restrictions eased

The content originally appeared on: CNN CNN - Multiple neighborhoods in Shanghai were placed back under lockdown only a day after city-wide restrictions were lifted, as China's stringent zero-Covid strategy continues to haunt the financial hub. Shanghai lifted its two-month lockdown on Wednesday, allowing most of its 25 million residents to leave their communities. But nearly 2 million people were still confined to their homes in areas designated as 'high risk' by the government. At a news conference Thursday, Shanghai […]

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