Covid lockdown extended in Shanghai as outbreaks put economy on the skids

China's largest city and financial powerhouse is struggling to cope with the country's worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic in Wuhan

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Shanghai has been plunged into an extended lockdown and some residents face another 10 days of isolation in their homes as China's strict zero-Covid policy threatens to derail the country's economy.

The eastern half of China's biggest city had been due to emerge on Friday from a four-day lockdown aimed at crushing a persistent outbreak of the Omicron variant, but the extension was announced late on Thursday night.