As Shanghai expands Covid lockdown, life on hold in city of 26 million

Public transport in most of the city has been suspended, while businesses considered non-essential, like restaurants and shopping malls, have also had to close.

China’s commercial hub of Shanghai ground to halt on Friday after the government locked down most of the city’s 26 million residents to stop the spread of Covid-19, even as official numbers put local cases falling for the second day in a row.