Beijing Steps Up COVID-19 Curbs With Shanghai Still Under Lockdown

Beijing Steps Up COVID-19 Curbs With Shanghai Still Under Lockdown
Workers in protective suits stand next to people lining up a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing in Chaoyang district of Beijing on May 4, 2022. Alessandro Diviggiano/Reuters
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI—The Chinese capital Beijing shut dozens of metro stations and bus routes on Wednesday in its campaign to stop the spread of COVID-19.

The Chinese regime’s uncompromising battle against the coronavirus, which is believed to have emerged in Wuhan city in late 2019, is undermining its growth and hurting the international companies invested there, according to the latest forecasts and data.