‘Venue code’ scanning to be way of life in virus fight
Shanghai News

‘Venue code’ scanning to be way of life in virus fight

Shanghai residents are required to scan the “venue code” or receive checks from the “digital sentry” — a comprehensive code-scanning and temperature-check machines — to enter or leave public venues and communities. Some public sites will also require the 48-hour negative polymerase chain reaction test result,...
No new Omicron sub-variants found in Shanghai, says official
Shanghai News

No new Omicron sub-variants found in Shanghai, says official

No new, more transmittable Omicron sub-variants have been found in the city, the Shanghai Health Commission has said. The World Health Organization has drawn attention to new sub-variants of Omicron beyond the BA.2 mutation, such as the BA.4 and BA.5, and expressed concern over the possibility...