Shanghai will be largely closed down again, after being closed for several months in the spring.
Residents testify on social media that they have once again received food rations delivered to their homes. This weekend, new mass tests were launched by residents in more than half of the city’s districts. Entire residential areas have been isolated, when it has been discovered infected there. To be allowed to enter certain residential areas and public spaces, you need to show a negative result of a test taken within 48 hours.
Fence for the door
New mass tests are also being carried out in the capital Beijing. In at least one multi-family house in the suburb of Shunyi, the authorities have set up a metal fence at the entrance so that no one can go out.
In the central province of Anhui, more than 200 cases have been registered and sharp travel restrictions apply in the place where most of them are located.
More than 300 cases of infection have also been registered in the city of Xian, where the authorities have introduced “temporary” measures. 29 cases have been discovered since Saturday. Restaurants are closed from night until Wednesday.
In Macao, all operations except the city’s casinos have been forced to close.
Zero tolerance
This week, about 114 million people are expected to live under some form of lockdown, according to the Japanese bank Nomura. Last week, it amounted to just over 66 million.
Chinese President Xi Jinping made it clear last week that the one-party government’s strict zero tolerance of covid-19 remains, despite severe economic consequences and despite the World Health Organization (WHO) describing it as an unsustainable strategy, as large parts of the world have begun to adapt to the disease. .
People with mouth guards in an intersection in Beijing on Wednesday.