Citizens receive nucleic acid tests at a residential area in east China's Shanghai, March 17, 2022. Photo: Xinhua / AFP
Shanghai officials have expanded the city's lockdown ahead of schedule as Covid cases jump in the city.
China has relied on stringent isolation, contact tracing and testing to maintain its dynamic zero approach, but Omicron has proven tougher to stamp out.
And in Singapore, a top court has dismissed a final appeal by a Malaysian man sentenced to death for drug trafficking. His lawyers say the trial violated international laws as the man has intellectual disabilities.
Advocates say he could face execution within days.
Elizabeth Beattie is a Journalist at Thomson Reuters, based in Hong Kong
