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Shenzhen eases lockdown as pandemic gnaws at China economy
China’s southern tech powerhouse Shenzhen has partially eased lockdown measures, after President Xi Jinping stressed the need to "minimise the impact" of the coronavirus pandemic on the nation’s economy.
The city of 17.5 million, under full lockdown since Sunday, resumed work, factory operations and public transport in four districts and a special economic zone, Shenzhen’s government said late Thursday.
- Hurriyet
Those areas have “achieved dynamic zero-Covid in the community”, it added.
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