Under the latest changes, more than 4 million people are included in areas where the status shifted from closed to controlled.
that shut down China’s biggest city eased, while the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast of Chinese economic growth and warned the global flow of industrial goods might be disrupted.
China’s case numbers in its latest infection surge are relatively low, but the ruling party is enforcing aChina’s case numbers in its latest infection surge are relatively low, as the IMF reduced its forecast of Chinese growth this year to 4.4% from 4.8%.On Wednesday, the government reported 19,927 new cases in China’s mainland, all but 2,761 of which had no symptoms. Shanghai accounted for 95% of the total, or 18,902 cases, of which 2,495 had symptoms.
The Shanghai city health agency reported seven people who had COVID-19 died Tuesday but said the deaths were due to cancer.“will likely compound supply disruptions elsewhere” and might add to pressure for inflation to rise, the IMF said in a report. Also Wednesday, the Ministry of Agriculture ordered local officials to avoid any measures that might interfere with spring planting by farmers who feed China’s 1.4 billion people. The order followed warnings that production of wheat and other crops might be disrupted, which would boost demand for imports and push up already high global prices.but had no symptoms were released Wednesday from observation.