China Steps Up Measures To Control COVID Outbreaks

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 06: A health worker wears protective gear as she gives a nucleic acid test to detect COVID-19 on a local resident at a mass testing site after new cases were found, on April 6, 2022 in Beijing, China. China has stepped up efforts to control a recent surge in coronavirus cases across the country, imposing a lockdown on the country's largest city of Shanghai and the entire province of Jilin. Local authorities across the country have carried out mass testing, including in the capital Beijing, as China tries to maintain its zero COVID policy. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)