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Chengdu emerges from lockdown

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Chengdu – a megacity with 21 million residents – has managed to control its COVID outbreak with just two weeks of lockdown.
On Wednesday night, authorities announced the lifting of some lockdown measures in several districts.
Some context: Chengdu went into citywide lockdown on September 1, with the...