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Residents at a residential compound in Shanghai under lockdown queue to take Covid-19 tests. China reported seven more Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Tuesday, as major firms such as Tesla forged ahead to resume production after a damaging weeks-long lockdown. IMAGES
Locals in Beijing are seen queueing at a clinic at a designated Covid hospital in Beijing's Chaoyang district, as officials warn of a rapid spread in the capital after the country abruptly dropped its zero-tolerance policy. The top health body of the country said on Wednesday that the true scale of Covid-19 infections is now "impossible" to track. IMAGES
Workers in PPE test residents, including elderly and children, in a locked-down Shanghai residential district. Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago, rattling the country's adherence to a strict zero-Covid policy. Residents locked down since early April have complained of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing them into state quarantine, as authorities rush to construct tens of thousands of beds to house Covid-19 patients with daily infections topping 20,000. IMAGES
Residents in Shanghai take Covid tests while under lockdown. China reported over 20,000 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally given since the start of the pandemic, with Shanghai the heart of the virus surge despite being in lockdown. IMAGES
Beijing residents queue at a parking lot for shuttle buses heading to Covid-19 vaccination sites as the city rolls out its plan to inoculate key sectors of the population, including cold-chain workers and medical staff. Some people are also waiting outside a Beijing hospital to get Covid-19 tests amid a sporadic outbreak across the country during this winter season. IMAGES
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