nearly 7900 new covid cases saturday and 38 deaths. but those numbers are down slightly over the past few days. now, shanghai is the engine of china s $18 trillion economy. and the city s strict covid lockdown could come at a heavy cost. kristie lu stout explains for us. reporter: it is china s biggest and most affluent city, and the streets have been empty for weeks. shanghai is battling its worst ever covid-19 outbreak determined to crush it with its zero covid policy. it comes at a steep cost to its economy and has implications for the world. we re forecasting that the lockdown in shanghai will rock china s economy, you know, shanghai is an economic powerhouse, it holds one of the two stock exchanges, shanghai s port counts for something like 3% of global through-put at any given time. reporter: shanghai is home to the world s biggest container port, and it remains operational, but according to
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a booster. i think if i were a marketing person, i certainly wouldn t have called it that. it sort of implies that you are okay. your car is running okay, but if you want the boost it a little bit, take the their shot or the fourth shot. and that s not the case. to be completely and ma am mumly protected, you should get first of all the third shot, because only 30% of americans have gotten it. and if possible, if it s been over four months, get the fourth shot to be as protected as possible. good advice as always. dr. jorge rodriguez, thank you so much for your time. thank you. shanghai, the engine of china s $18 trillion economy is tightening covid restriction was the city of 25 million people now in day three of the covid lockdown. this is happening as the country fights its worst covid surge since the original outbreak in wuhan two years ago. cnn s christy lou stout is following the story and joins us now from hong kong. good to see you, christy.
the omicron sub variant ba 2 has now become the dominant strain of covid-19 here in the united states. accounting for more than 50% of all cases according to the cdc. this comes as the fda expands the emergency use authorization of the pfizer and moderna vaccine. which allows adults age 50 and over to get a second booster. bringing it to a total of four covid shots. those eligible are able to get the shot four months after the first booster. shanghai the engine of china s $18 trillion economy is tightening covid restrictions with the city of 25 million people now in day three of the covid lock down. this is happening as the country fighting its worse covid surge since the original out break in
u.s. cases have stayed relatively stable so far and the key indicator of hospitalizations continue to slow down. that s very good news, indeed. shanghai, the engine of china s $18 trillion economy is tightening covid restrictions with a city of 25 million people in day three of covid lockdown. this is happening as the country s fighting the worst covid surge in wuhan nearly two years ago. shanghai has an increase. cnn s kristie lu stout joins me from hong kong with more. kristie, what does this look like? reporter: this has been described as a two-stage lockdown so the 25 million residents of shanghai would be tested for covid-19 and so far we have learned 9 million residents have been tested since monday. on monday the first half of the