April 19, 2022

Chinese officials have sought to dispel growing misconceptions and speculations about the country's dynamic zero-COVID strategy and reaffirmed their confidence in what has been widely considered to be the best strategy still to both contain the epidemic and ensure stable economic development, as the battle against the outbreak in Shanghai shows some positive signs and the city is at a crucial stage to bring community transmission down to zero.  

On the anti-epidemic front, the number of new COVID-19 cases registered on Monday declined by nearly 2,000 in Shanghai and more people are being discharged from designated or makeshift hospitals. Meanwhile, in the battle to resume economic activities, many companies in Shanghai and the broader Yangtze River Delta region are resuming operations, as officials have been rolling out a series of measures, including a "whitelist" of key businesses cleared for work resumption, to tackle logistics issues.  

Since Friday, Shanghai has completed nucleic acid testing for 37 million people, and starting Tuesday, the city will continue testing in communities under control for three consecutive days, the local authority said on Tuesday. Screening out all the possible infections and adjusting the three categories of areas under different management aim to reach the goal of zero-COVID at the community level, laying the foundation for resuming normal life and production soon, according to the local authority. 

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