Covid curbs as virus spreads in China

BEIJING: Beijing shut scores of metro stations and bus routes and extended Covid-19 curbs on many public venues yesterday, focusing efforts to avoid the fate of Shanghai, where millions have been under strict lockdown for more than a month.

The central city of Zhengzhou earlier also announced restrictions.

With dozens of new cases a day, Beijing is hoping mass testing will find and isolate the virus before it spreads.

Latest data showed Shanghai found 63 new cases outside areas under the strictest curbs, suggesting it has a way to go before reaching the goal of no cases for several days for curbs to be eased.