Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China imposed restrictions as the country kept up its 'dynamic clearance' approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron COVID-19 variant.
A person wearing personal protective equipment grabs goods from a trolley at the entrance of a residential compound, as the city eases the lockdown in some areas, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Shanghai, China April 16, 2022.
In northwestern China, the city of Xian on Friday urged residents to avoid unncessary trips outside their residential compounds and encouraged companies to have employees work from home or live at their workplace, following dozens of COVID-19 infections this month.A Xian government official, responding to residents' concerns over potential food shortages, said on Saturday that the announcement did not constitute a lockdown and that the city would not impose one.
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