China sends in military to help with Shanghai virus outbreak

A medical worker collects sample swab sample from residents in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai on Monday April 4 2022 (Chen Si/AP)

China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 from the military, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading outbreak in its largest city under its zero-Covid strategy.

Shanghai was conducting a mass testing of its 25 million residents on Monday as what was announced as a two-phase lockdown entered its second week.