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Climbing case load. on saturday shanghai reported nearly 25,000 cases another daily high. right now all 25 million residents, yes, all of them, are under lockdown. the easing of restrictions would be tied to mass testing. areas of low transmission would be granted more freedom. joining us now from hong kong, you've been following all of this. any kind of easing of restrictions seems to be predicated on that mass testing. is this at all a change in china's zero covid approach or really specific to what they see in that testing and not a change in policy at all? >> reporter: paula, we just don't...

Details, no timeframe, other than it will be considered after the next round of mass testing. we have to remember that this is the worst outbreak in china since the pandemic began two years ago, so they've taken these very strict and draconian measures. good news for the 25 million residents of shanghai have been locked up in their home since the end of march, who have been experiencing severe shortages of food and medicine. take a look. >> workers stuck intricate bags of food and supplies, to deliver to people lockdown in the city of shanghai. but this shipment was made more than a week ago, ...

>> anna, thank you for that. at this point, as we continue to await what would be the reaction to that mass testing. thanks so much. just ahead here for us on "cnn newsroom," the water level at lake powell in arizona has dropped an astonishing 177 feet since the mid-'80s. our bill weir will show you what that means. inner voice (furniture maker): i'm rubbing the arms of my chair... ...admiring the craft and detail i've put into it. that way i try to convince myself that i'm in control of the busine si of my business. intuit quickbooks makes it easy for you to get a complete vieof your busine...

Restrictions in some areas when transmission rates are low enough. that came without a timeline, and coincide with yet in other round of mass testing. city residents were asked to self administer at home covid-19 tests and lineup in their compounds the pcr tests despite the -- on friday praised the country's dynamic zero covid strategy calling it a great success. now paula as we reported yesterday the u.s. state department told its staff, and non emergency staff that they should leave shanghai do the surge in cases, and also due to the restrictions that are in place. china's ministry of foreig...

Officials that they have resumed the operation of e-commerce platforms. that means that the food deliveries may resume. they were shut down and this has led to the food shortages, severe food shortages. people posting about this on social media and as we know domestic criticism is very much frowned on, silenced, stamped out. people don't care what the repercussions are. that is how angry they have been. now perhaps the delivery people will be able to deliver the groceries rather than residents relying on the community workers making those distributions. we are also hearing, paula, that the cit...