Shanghai is preparing to open a 50,000-bed makeshift hospital, with a record number of newly reported Covid cases in the city
Coastal Chinese city reports 21,000 local infections, with one patient said to be in severe condition
Barricades, panic buying and empty streets are some scenes from Shanghai as China’s most populous city imposed a new lockdown. Offices and factories – including Tesla’s – were affected by China’s measures against its worst virus outbreak in two years. Photo: Aly Song/ReutersTAIPEI—Shanghai authorities are preparing to open its largest makeshift hospital, with 50,000 beds, asin the hard-hit coastal megacity of 25 million people soared to a new daily high.
Health authorities said Friday that they logged more than 21,000 locally transmitted coronavirus infections in Shanghai on the previous day, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of March to roughly 130,000.
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