China sends in military to help with Shanghai virus outbreak

By KEN MORITSUGU
Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff. They are struggling to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest city. Shanghai is conducting a mass testing of its 25 million residents as what was supposed to be a two-phase lockdown entered its second week. Many factories and financial firms have been able to keep operating by isolating their employees. But concern is growing about the potential economic impact of an extended lockdown in China’s financial capital, which is also a major shipping and manufacturing center.