As Shanghai's lockdown enters its third week and amid public outcry about lapses in food supply and services, including medical treatment, officials today announced a plan to ease measures in some of the city's districts where no cases have been reported in the past 2 week.In US developments, as cases inch upward in some parts of the country, Philadelphia today reintroduced a mask mandate, the first major city to do so.Shanghai totals growMass testing has been under way and the spread of the more transmissible Omicron variant has led to record cases for Shanghai.

Cases have mostly been asymptomatic but the city is now reporting the highest portion of the country's symptomatic cases, just ahead of Jilin province.China today reported 27,509 new local cases, 26,345 of them asymptomatic.

Cases from Shanghai make up about 95% of the country's asymptomatic cases. Of China's 1,164 symptomatic cases today, 914 were from Shanghai, followed by 187 from Jilin province.Officials in Shanghai announced that neighborhoods will be assigned a risk category, designed to ease restrictions in areas with no positive cases over the past 2 weeks, according to Reuters.

So far, the city hasn't spelled out the details or timelines.Elsewhere in China, officials in Guangzhou—a large port city and the capital of Guangdong province—are bracing for a surge, according to the Associated Press.

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Quebecers urged to avoid crowded emergency rooms over holiday weekend

COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on hospital staffing levels.The health authorities in Montreal and the surrounding Monteregie and Laval areas have all posted messages on their social media accounts asking people to consult a pharmacist or call the province’s 811 health hotline for minor health problems instead of heading to a hospital.Quebec’s health minister has said hospitals are grappling with the dual challenges of COVID-19 and influenza at a time when some 13,000 health workers are off the job for reasons related to the virus.On Friday, the Outaouais health authority in Western Quebec announced it was suspending hospital visits until further notice, while the Abitibi-Temiscamingue and Chaudiere-Appalaches regions have recently announced early closures or service reduction at one or more of their facilities.Meanwhile, health authorities in several regions have posted messages urging people to be careful during Easter gatherings, especially if they will be around vulnerable people.They’re asking people to keep gatherings small, open windows for ventilation and to stay home if they feel they have symptoms of COVID-19 such as fatigue or a scratchy throat.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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