PERSISTENT PESTILENCE People queue to get tested for Covid-19 at a swab collection site in Beijing on Thursday, June 9, 2022. The Chinese capital’s largest district ordered clubs and bars to close after some venues were linked to Covid cases, according to state media. AFP PHOTO
SHANGHAI: President Xi Jinping said China must stick "unswervingly" to its zero-Covid strategy, as more than half of Shanghai's 25 million lockdown-weary residents geared up Friday for a weekend virus testing drive.