More than 100,000 cases have been reported in Shanghai since March in a test of the country's strict zero-Covid policy – Copyright AFP Hector RETAMAL The news coming from Shanghai is all bad and getting worse. The huge lockdown, which has required 26 million people to stay home has become unworkable.

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