Shanghai to start easing lockdown after mass Covid testing

Workers in PPE unload groceries from a truck before distributing them to local residents under lockdown in Shanghai (Chinatopix/AP)

China’s largest city of Shanghai will soon begin lifting lockdown in communities that report no positive cases within 14 days after another round of Covid-19 testing, authorities said.

The fresh round of testing comes as the city reported about 23,000 cases on Saturday, most of them asymptomatic.