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Frustration and anger among Shanghai residents as China doubles down on zero-COVID policy

In Shanghai Thursday one of the world’s most important financial hubs reported 27,000 cases of COVID, the highest single-day total reported anywhere in China at any point during the pandemic. Much of the city’s 25 million people have been under a strict lockdown for three weeks. Nick Schifrin reports on the backlash to China’s zero-COVID policy.

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