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Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of Covid-19 testing as a lockdown of its 26 million people showed no sign of easing and other Chinese cities tightened curbs - even in places with no recent infections. FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry reports.
Fears of a hard Covid-19 lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing on Monday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital.
A long line of people snakes across a park in Washington, DC, at a makeshift Covid-19 test site near the White House, as people prepare for holiday festivities, just a few days away. IMAGES
A rise in cases has prompted the policy reversal.