Shanghai Lockdown Expands To Whole City And Extended Indefinitely

 

The Guardian: Desperation amid food shortages in Shanghai as Covid lockdown bites  

Lockdown had been due to end on Tuesday, leaving residents unprepared to be indefinitely housebound. 

Stories of desperation are emerging in Shanghai as the city enters its third day of strict lockdown, with increasingly widespread reports of residents being unable to access food, medicine and other essentials. 

The city’s Covid lockdown was extended indefinitely earlier this week after staggered restrictions failed to contain infections. 

City officials had promised the staggered lockdown would end on 5 April, leaving many residents of the Chinese megacity unprepared to be indefinitely housebound.  

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Shanghai Lockdown Expands To Whole City And Extended Indefinitely  

Shanghai widens COVID testing as other Chinese cities impose curbs -- Reuters

‘Total disaster’: Shanghai lockdown puts livelihoods under strain -- Al Jazeera  

Shanghai Sees Record COVID Cases For 6th Day As Unrest Spurred By Lockdown Worsens -- Zero Hedge  

Public anger mounts in locked-down Shanghai with no end in sight. Here’s what you need to know -- CNN  

Lockdowns in Shanghai and other Chinese cities pose a growing threat to the economy -- CNN  

Shanghai vows to ensure daily supplies, solve delivery difficulties as local infections exceed 100k -- Global Times

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