China sticks to its 'zero-COVID' policy requiring mass testing, quarantines and the sequestering of anyone who has come into contact with an infected person in concentrated locations.
China's capital has put school online in one of its major districts amid a new COVID-19 outbreak linked to a nightclub, while life has yet to return to normal in Shanghai, despite the lifting of a lockdown that has lasted more than two months.
The entire area, along with the adjacent Sanlitun shopping and dining complex, was shut down until further notice.
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