Authorities extended the lockdown of Shanghai to cover all of the financial centre’s 26-million people on Tuesday, as new Covid-19 cases surged to more than 13,000 amid growing public anger over quarantine rules.
Members of the public shared videos across social media expressing concern about the lockdown.
Thousands of Shanghai residents have been locked up in rudimentary “central quarantine” facilities after testing positive, whether they are symptomatic or not. “Currently, Shanghai’s epidemic prevention and control is at the most difficult and most critical stage,” said Wu Qianyu, an official with the municipal health commission, at a Tuesday briefing. “We must adhere to the general policy of dynamic clearance without hesitation, without wavering.”
The government said it had collected 25.7-million samples in 2.4-million test tubes on Monday, and almost 80% of the total had been tested by Tuesday morning. Any positive results are followed up at the individual level.
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