"I'm speechless," said a Shanghai resident surnamed Wang, already subject to testing every weekend at her residential compound. Shanghai reported more than a dozen new cases but none was found outside quarantined areas, local government data showed on Monday. "There is still an epidemic risk at the community level so far," the city government said in a statement. The commercial hub of Shanghai, yet to fully recover from the harsh two-month lockdown in spring and still reporting daily sporadic cases, plans to hold mass testing in many of its 16 districts and in some smaller areas where new infections had been reported recently, after similar testing last week. Persistent outbreaks and more closures could add pressure on the world's second-largest economy, which contracted sharply in the second quarter from the first after widespread COVID lockdowns jolted industrial production and consumer spending. Previously when a flare-up became a major outbreak, local officials had been compelled to take tougher measures such as month-long lockdowns, even at the cost of economic growth. While that is tiny compared with a resurgence in other parts of Asia, China is adamant about implementing its dynamic zero COVID policy of eliminating outbreaks as soon as they emerge. visa exemptions) granted by the Japanese Government to APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) issued by the following countries has been also resumed from 0:00 am (JST) on October 11, 2022.SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 18 (Reuters) - Several large Chinese cities including Shanghai are rolling out new mass testing or extending lockdowns on millions of residents to counter new clusters of COVID-19 infections, with some measures being criticised on the internet.Ĭhina has reported an average of around 390 local daily infections in the seven days ending on Sunday, higher than about 340 seven days earlier, according to Reuters calculations based on official data as of Monday. Visa Exemption Arrangement for United Nations Laissez-Passer Holders.Visa Exemptions for Diplomatic and Official Passport Holders.The visa exemption arrangements which have been temporarily suspended under the border measures have been resumed from 0:00 am (JST) on October 11, 2022.įor countries/regions applicable to the visa exemption arrangements, please visit the link below: Restrictions on airport/ports for arrival Lifting of the suspension of visa exemption measures Lifting of the suspension of visa validity Denial of the re-entry from certain countries/regions among designated countries/regions in response to COVID-19 variants of special treatment on border measures
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