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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Brenda Goh and Sophie Yu

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Setback for shanghai s covid battle beijing focus on mass testing - What They Never Told You

A worker is tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a street during the lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song

China's commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as authorities reported 58 new COVID-19 cases outside areas under strict lockdown, while Beijing pressed on with testing millions of people on a May Day holiday few were celebrating.

Tough coronavirus curbs in Shanghai have stirred rare public anger, with millions of the city's 25 million people stuck indoors for more than a month, some sealed inside fenced-off residential compounds and many struggling for daily necessities.

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