Hong Kong authorities are asking the entire population of more than 7.4 million people to voluntarily test themselves for COVID-19 at home for three days in a row. 9News
Shanghai is implementing a two-stage, eight-day lockdown, but many of those on the eastern, or Pudong, side of the city who should have been free to leave their compounds on Friday have remained in isolation.
China detected another 2086 confirmed cases on Saturday, including 260 in Shanghai, and 7789 asymptomatic cases, of which 6051 were in Shanghai.
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