“A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a ‘tragic battle’ with Covid-19 as it expects half of the city’s 25 million people will get infected by the end of next week, while the virus sweeps through China largely unchecked,” Reuters reports.
Half of Shanghai Will Be Infected by Next Week
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