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Workers in PPE test residents, including elderly and children, in a locked-down Shanghai residential district. Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago, rattling the country's adherence to a strict zero-Covid policy. Residents locked down since early April have complained of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing them into state quarantine, as authorities rush to construct tens of thousands of beds to house Covid-19 patients with daily infections topping 20,000. IMAGES
Residents in Shanghai take Covid tests while under lockdown. China reported over 20,000 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally given since the start of the pandemic, with Shanghai the heart of the virus surge despite being in lockdown. IMAGES
People visit a Melbourne café after enduring one of the world's most prolonged series of lockdowns. The city's five million people have spent more than 260 days under lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic. But now that 70 percent of eligible people in Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state are fully vaccinated, restrictions that began on August 5 have been lifted. IMAGES
Images show people on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul as the Turkish government imposes another national lockdown to halt the spread of Covid-19. With the highest infection rate in Europe, Turkey's full lockdown is expected to last until May 17, with all non-essential businesses to close and travel between regions restricted. IMAGES
Windsor residents a significant easing of coronavirus restrictions with early morning pints as the country takes a tentative step towards the resumption of normal life. England has now partially lifted restrictions, with non-essential shops, gyms, pub gardens and hairdressers reopened. IMAGES
The streets of the capital Lisbon are deserted as Portugal enters a fresh national lockdown. IMAGES