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Shanghai begins locking down millions as China’s Covid
cases surge
China will shut down city in two stages as it sticks to a
‘zero-Covid’ strategy amid growing outbreaks
Shanghai has begun its phased lockdown as an
Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 wave spreads through mainland China’s most significant
financial hub, resulting in the highest caseloads in the country since the early
days of the pandemic.
The eastern side of the Huangpu River, which divides Shanghai, would be under
lockdown between Monday and Friday, officials said, followed by similar
restrictions across its western side from 1 April. Massing Covid testing across
the city is also under way.
The metropolis of 25 million people has in recent days become the leading
hotspot in a nationwide outbreak that began to gain pace in early March.
Earlier this month, President Xi Jinping urged his officials to “minimise the
impact” of the virus on the country’s economy as the authorities reflected on
the zero-Covid policy. On Monday, China’s stock market resumed lower, with its
benchmark CSI 300 index falling by 2% in morning trading.
In Shanghai the government ruled out a lockdown on Saturday, barely 24 hours
before the final decision was announced, citing the potential damage it could
cause to the economy.
However, a record 3,450 asymptomatic cases were reported in Shanghai on Sunday,
accounting for nearly 70% of the nationwide total, along with 50 symptomatic
cases, the city government said on Monday.
China’s National Health Commission on Monday reported 5,134 new asymptomatic
cases for the previous day, and 1,219 local confirmed infections.
Although the case numbers remain relatively insignificant in a global context,
they are China’s highest since the first weeks of the pandemic, which was first
reported in the city of Wuhan in late 2019.
Millions of residents in affected areas across the country have been subjected
to citywide lockdowns. Now, in the eastern part of Shanghai, residents are
confined to their homes, too. Some said healthcare workers arrived to conduct
tests at 7am on Monday.
The city government said in a public notice on Sunday that the two-part lockdown
was being implemented “to curb the spread of the epidemic, ensure the safety and
health of the people” and root out cases of infection as soon as possible.
The city’s sprawling eastern half, known as Pudong, which includes the main
international airport and financial district, would be locked down for testing
beginning on Monday morning and ending on 1 April.
After that, the city’s western half, known as Puxi and featuring the historic
Bund riverfront, would be locked down until 5 April, the government added.
Residents were told to stay indoors during the lockdowns, and all business
employees and government personnel not involved in the supply of essential
services were advised to work from home. Those involved with providing vital
services such as gas, electricity, transport, sanitation and the supply of food
would be exempt from the stay-at-home order.
Shanghai’s public security bureau said it was closing cross-river bridges and
tunnels, and highway tollbooths concentrated in the city’s eastern districts
until 1 April. Areas to the west of the Huangpu River will have similar
restrictions imposed.
A member of the city’s pandemic taskforce had over the weekend vowed Shanghai
would not shut down. The official said a lockdown in Shanghai, the country’s
major financial and trading hub, would “impact the entire national economy and
the global economy”.
“If Shanghai, this city of ours, came to a complete halt, there would be many
international cargo ships floating in the East China Sea,” said Wu Fan, a
medical expert on the taskforce, during a daily virus press briefing held by the
city government.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/28/shanghai-to-lock-down-millions-for-mass-testing-as-chinas-covid-cases-surge