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Shanghai reaffirms ‘zero-COVID’; WHO says not sustainable

A woman holds her mask as she gets swabbed during public COVID-19 testing in the Chaoyang district on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A woman wearing a face mask rides across a quiet intersection in the central business district as most nonessential workers in the district have been ordered to work from home in the Chaoyang district on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A worker in a protective suit sprays disinfectant at a COVID-19 testing site as a woman leaves after being tested in the Chaoyang district on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A chef and lines up for public COVID-19 testing in the Chaoyang district on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A worker in a protective suit swabs a delivery drivers's throat for a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A worker wearing a protective suit and carrying a tank of disinfectant walks along a street in Beijing, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) People wearing face masks stand in line for COVID-19 tests at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A crossing guard wearing a face mask stands at an intersection in Beijing, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) FILE - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), removes his protective face mask prior to speaking to the media at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec. 20, 2021. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, health workers from Tianjin wear protective suits at the headquarters of a medical emergency team sent to assist Shanghai on May 9, 2022. Shanghai reaffirmed China's strict "zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) A delivery man checks his phone, as another moves past a shuttered news stand on a quiet street on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Workers in protective overalls direct residents to a mass COVID test site on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Residents wearing masks cross a road on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Workers in protective overalls conduct mass COVID testing for residents on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Residents line up for mass COVID testing on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A worker in protective overall disinfects the area as residents line up for mass COVID test on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A worker takes a temperature of a resident lining up for mass COVID-19 testing on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)