Beijing, April 7 (FN Agency) China has registered 23,107 new cases of Covid-19, marking thus the largest daily increase since the start of the pandemic, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. The vast majority of new cases – 329 with symptoms and 19,660 asymptomatic ones – were registered in Shanghai. On March 28, the 24.9-million city went under lockdown over the rising number of the Covid-19 cases.
Later, the authorities have extended the lockdown, without specifying the end date. China pursues stringent zero-Covid policy, which is now tested by the wave of the Omicron strain. Shanghai has faced a surge in Covid-19 infections in recent weeks and the authorities redirected some international passenger flights to other Chinese cities from March 21 to May 1 to relieve the Covid-19 prevention and control sector.