Shanghai's Minhang district announces new lockdown

FILE PHOTO: A man rides a vehicle carrying a woman past a police car outside a residential compound, during a lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Shanghai, China April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The sprawling district of Minhang in central Shanghai has implemented new lockdown measures to detect and control COVID-19 transmission risks, the district government said on Thursday.

The district, home to more than 2 million people, will conduct nucleic acid tests for all of its residents on June 11, and restrictions will be lifted once the testing is completed, the government said on its WeChat account.