Struggling life in Shanghai during the days of lockdown against COVID-19
April 19, 2022
Shanghai (China) is going through days of struggling against the COVID-19 epidemic. Even the leader of the health sector in Shanghai once admitted that the COVID-19 outbreak was still not under control and predicted that the number of cases would remain high in the coming days.
According to the original plan, Shanghai blocked the city from March 28 to April 4 and divided it into two halves. The eastern half of the city was locked down from March 28 to the morning of April 1, and then the western half. Photo: AFP However, the Shanghai government on April 2 announced that nearly all of the 9 million residents in the eastern half are still subject to strict movement restrictions. During the lockdown, residents are prohibited from leaving their homes unless they are tested for COVID-19. On April 4, the Shanghai government decided to impose a city-wide blockade, when previous efforts failed to cut the chains of infection. Photo: AFP.On April 18, the government of Shanghai (China) announced the first 3 deaths from COVID-19 after weeks of city-wide blockade to control and prevent the epidemic from spreading. They are people over 90 years old and have complicated background diseases such as coronary artery disease, diabetes and high blood pressure… Photo: AFPAdding 3 new deaths announced, so far China has had 4,641 deaths from COVID-19. The last time China reported COVID-19 deaths on March 19, were two patients in Jilin province and also the first deaths from the SARS-CoV-2 virus in more than a year in the country. Photo: AFP Since March 10, Shanghai has performed more than 200 million COVID-19 tests for people in the city. Responding to the fact that the number of COVID-19 cases still increased sharply despite the city’s blockade of residential areas for many days, Ngo Hoan Vu, deputy director of the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the cause was due to There is a delay in the statistics of screening data because of the large number of tests, the infection is clustered in families, and “the possibility of transmission through objects cannot be ruled out” during the circulation of goods. Photo: AFPMedical workers wearing protective gear receive a package from a delivery man at the entrance to a residential area in Shanghai on April 4. Photo: AFP.Medical staff at Fuzhou Changle Airport in Fujian province on April 4, before boarding a flight to Shanghai to assist in the fight against the epidemic. Photo: Xinhua.After about a week of blockade, Ms. Sun Ming, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai city admitted that the anti-epidemic situation in the city was still lacking and needed to be improved, despite the efforts of the frontline forces. Photo: AFP.According to Shanghai officials, the current common virus strain in this city is Omicron BA.2, which has the ability to spread very quickly. According to the National Health Commission of China, on April 18, China recorded 23,460 new cases in 24 hours, of which 2,742 were symptomatic. Of these, Shanghai reported 22,248 new cases, including 2,417 symptomatic cases. Photo: AFP.People deliver goods through the blockade fence in Shanghai in March 2022. Photo: AFP.Apart from Shanghai, many municipalities in China have severely restricted movement to control the COVID-19 pandemic. In the picture is a deserted scene in Shanghai city on April 5 due to the blockade order to prevent COVID-19. Photo: AFP.
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