On March 18, Shanghai's Jiading district began a new round of mass nucleic acid testing in accordance with municipal standards and procedures.

Shanghai on Monday designated another two areas as medium-risk zones, and required people traveling in and out of the city to test negative for COVID-19 within 48 hours of their travels.

The production of a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine made by CanSino SPH Biologics Inc, the first novel coronavirus vaccine producer in Shanghai, was launched in the city on Thursday.

Shanghai municipal government announced on Jan 25 that expats in Shanghai who are aged 18 and above can make appointments to receive domestically developed COVID-19 booster shots.

The monoclonal neutralizing antibody cocktail is jointly developed by Brii Biosciences, Tsinghua University and the Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen.

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Shanghai, the city with the largest expatriate community on the Chinese mainland, will start registering foreign minors for COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday, the municipal authorities said.