Shanghai district to require all shops to shut, residents to stay home

FILE PHOTO: The closed entrance of a residential area is pictured during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai's central Jingan district, a key commercial area of the Chinese financial hub, said on Saturday it will require all supermarkets and shops to shut and residents to stay home until at least Tuesday.

The district plans to carry out COVID mass testing from Sunday until Tuesday, it said on its official WeChat account.