Shanghai struggled against the Worst Chinese Covid-19 outbreak since the virus first appeared in Wuhan at the end of 2019 The Covid-19 case in Shanghai on Thursday reached a record high of more than 27,000 despite more than two strict locking weeks still in place.
Most of the 26 million residents in China’s financial center are still limited in their apartments, with hard steps in the last few days a lot of anger. Residents complained of food shortages, because they were not allowed to leave their homes even when authorities struggled to supply millions of residents.City authorities on Thursday said there were only nine severe cases, most of whom were related to existing health conditions, leading some on social media to question the need for more than two years into a pandemic and with a large share of the city’s population Vaccinated.
Despite developing criticism, President Xi Jinping on Thursday reiterated his approach to the “zero covid” approach. China is the only country after a bulk locking approach and testing to eliminate cases of more than two years into a pandemic, and is also still isolated from all over the world with strict travel limit.
“Preventive work and control cannot be relaxed,” XI said as quoted by official media during a visit to the South Island Province Hainan, after the South South Hong Kong morning reported.Virus control measures must be carried out strictly “, he said, adding that” antivirus campaigns must minimize economic and social impacts. “However, what has not happened in Shanghai with most cities is limited to their homes and concerns concerns over the lack of acute food and access to drugs for those who suffer from disease.
The economy has also been affected, with the government keeping the Shanghai port open but the strict steps of Covid-19 lead most of the factories to cut production.Official media, in the past week, has published a number of comments that maintain the “zero covid” approach, warn that relax will cause thousands of deaths among the elderly Chinese health care system and overwhelmed.