Shanghai records a record of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases
SCMP reported that, according to data released on April 16, the number of symptomatic cases in Shanghai increased by 12.2%, with 23,513 new infections, bringing the total number of infections from March 1 to now to about 326,000.
Of the new cases, 13 are classified as “severe”, with the youngest being 33 years old. Other serious cases are in people aged 70 to 93 who have not been vaccinated. There have been no deaths in the current outbreak.
The continuous increase of diseases in Shanghai has affected tens of thousands of businesses and the daily lives of 25 million people in the city. As the largest contributor to the country’s annual gross domestic product, Shanghai is proving the biggest challenge to policy. zero-COVID of China.
Ms. Liu Min, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commerce Commission, said that e-commerce platforms are restoring operations and increasing delivery capacity. According to Ms. Liu, about 779 small warehouses near residential areas have been reopened, accounting for about 66%, along with about 95.5% of the city’s large warehouses have also reopened.
Shanghai, the epicenter of the outbreak COVID-19 China’s latest, went into a city-wide lockdown on April 4, reversing an earlier plan for a two-stage closure of both sides of the Huangpu River.
The number of daily new infections has continued to increase since the city closed completely. Shanghai’s daily infections hit an all-time high, 12 times over the past 14 days, at over 20,000.
batch blockade leading to severe shortages of food and other essential supplies, as delivery services were hit hard by business closures and delivery workers under quarantine. Strict rules to prevent COVID-19 also prevent delivery to the buyer’s door.
The government has relaxed some regulations to allow delivery workers to return to work, Liu said, noting that 18,000 employees deliver about 1.8 million orders a day.
The number of COVID-19 infections in the latest outbreak in Shanghai has surpassed the total in the city for the previous two years.
Nationwide, China recorded 3,867 symptomatic cases on April 16, and 20,895 locally transmitted asymptomatic cases. Guangdong province has 37 more cases. Jilin province recorded 632 new cases.
The Chinese government emphasizes its determination to pursue a zero-COVID policy to contain the virus. As many as 73 of China’s top 100 cities are under lockdown of some form.
April 13, Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed a zero-COVID approach to the public health crisis but said the country should minimize the economic and social impact.
Shanghai’s auto industry was particularly hard hit as production lines and component manufacturers were forced to halt operations. That prompted He Xiaopeng, co-founder and CEO of electric vehicle brand Xpeng, to warn of the risks car assemblers would face in May if suppliers in Shanghai and surrounding areas cannot restart activity.
As the automobile manufacturing capital of ChinaShanghai produced 2.83 million vehicles in 2021, or 10.7% of national output in the world’s largest vehicle market.
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