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Gruesome viral video of a corgi being beaten to death by officials has many fearing for their companions lives.

For more than three weeks, China’s most populous city, Shanghai, has been under strict lockdown orders in an effort to control a coronavirus outbreak.

The numbers come as Shanghai undergoes Chinas biggest citywide lockdown since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The consumer price index has hit record highs in many countries, with the March CPI rising by 4.1 percent year-on-year in the Republic of Korea, the highest since December 2011, and by 4.5 percent year-on-year and 1.4 percent from February in France, a new high since the 1980s.

The numbers come as Shanghai undergoes Chinas biggest citywide lockdown since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts called on Monday for macroeconomic policy moves to help stabilize market expectations and alleviate businesses burdens in order to help them cope with any possible shocks brought by the rising prices of raw materials and weakening domestic demand.

The U.S. government has ordered all non-emergency staff at its Shanghai consulate and their families to leave the city due to a surge in Covid cases and lockdowns.

Shanghai residents are on the brink of running out of food and basic necessities after being confined to their homes for more than two weeks - yet China remains adamant over its COVID-zero policy.

The numbers come as Shanghai undergoes Chinas biggest citywide lockdown since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of Saturday, people representing more than 11,000 COVID-19 cases, asymptomatic infections and close contacts in Shanghai have been discharged from hospitals and released from medical observation since the onset of the outbreak that started last month.