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The city has been hit by a surge of covid cases, many residents have stayed at home for 11 days after a staggered lockdown was implemented last week, but cases continue to rise. on wednesday a round of mandatory mass testing was announced. then thursday saw another record number of nearly 20,000 positive cases, up from 16,000 the day before. china is pursuing a zero covid—19 policy. they are trying to eliminate the virus from the entire country. shanghai residents who test positive can't isolate in their homes even if their conditions are mild or asymptomatic. they have to go to mandatory qu...

In contact with health workers in china dealing with the covid outbreak there is, professor xi chen from the yale school of public health. given the food shortages, was a lockdown in shanghai the right course of action? in shanghai the original plan was to face the lockdown, lucked out half of china and moved to the next half but due to the quick spreading of the virus it's getting out of control and both parts of shanghai was locked down due to the rapid spreading and there was some concerning data showing that their cities and provinces near shanghai also see a rapid increase of infections. ...

And attempt to get a food order in here in shanghai. here's my order. i'm not seeing any milk or rice in stock which is quite frustrating. here we go. this is what we get when we try and order. and as i continue to try and order it the basket is actually being depleted in fact it's going right down already. clearly people are getting orders through. trying to get my order through but things are disappearing from the basket so my order that was about 30 or £40 is now

You can hear how difficult it is to get a basic order in. the lack of food has led to protests. these residents of apartment blocks in shanghai calling out for help. as delivery drivers across the city are overwhelmed by orders, locals in some areas of the city say they've been completely cut off. the deputy mayor says the city will reopen some wholesale markets to make food more available. because of covid—19 control, market run is no more and delivery capacity has dropped significantly. it makes the last kilometre or last hundred metres of delivery difficult. covid—19 affected the qualit...

Resuming as they are a covid policy, meaning it's trying to eliminate the virus from the country entirely. residents who test positive cannot isolate in their homes, even if their conditions are mild or asymptomatic. i have to go to mandatory quarantine facilities, like this one, and some have described the conditions as crowded and subpar. the best of shanghai's residents have to stay indoors and are having difficulty getting basic things like food and supplies. this chinese food delivery app supplies. this chinese food delivery app is constantly posting this error message, and most people ha...