A worker in a protective suit shows a QR code to residents lining up for nucleic acid testing, as the second stage of a two-stage lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 begins in Shanghai, China April 1, 2022. - Reuters
SHANGHAI (AFP): A top Shanghai official conceded Thursday (March 31) the Chinese financial hub had been "insufficiently prepared" for its latest Covid outbreak, as criticism mounts over lockdowns that have caught residents off guard.
The eastern megacity of 25 million has been split in two as part of a rolling lockdown plan to battle China's worst outbreak in two years.
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