Authorities in Shanghai are ramping up their zero-COVID efforts amid a recent flare-up in cases before the coming national congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in mid-October.
The city that is the financial hub of China reported 34 active COVID-19 cases as of Oct. 9, three of which have symptoms and the rest being asymptomatic, according to the Chinese regime’s national health commission on Oct. 10, although the true number of cases is suspected to be much higher due to official underreporting and censorship.
According to a local information website, Shanghai has designated one area as high-risk, with 33 others being medium-risk, and 27 low-risk areas as of Oct. 10. The city of 26 million has locked down some of its universities and neighborhood communities since the beginning of the month, according to local reports….