Covid, protests and looting in Shanghai over food shortages. The Megalopolis has been locked down since March 28th

shanghai will soon begin to lift the very tough lockdown decided on March 28 for some areas and extended to the whole city on April 5, in areas that have not seen any new cases of Covid in 14 days following a new round of testing 19 to be registered. The city of 26 million people experiences and continues to experience dramatic days protests and Plunder of those who could not find food or medicine. The new mass tests come as the city has reported around 23,000 cases. most of them asymptomatic. Under the new measures, the Shanghai areas are classified as “Precautionary”, “Controlled” and “Blocked”depending on the results of the latest round of testing, said Deputy Mayor Zong Ming.

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Residents in areas deemed “precautionary” and that have not had any infections in the past two weeks can relocate to their district, but gatherings will still be limited. In “controlled” areas, residents can move into their neighborhoods, which are smaller than districts, while in “closed” areas, they have to stay at home. Shanghai has built over 100 makeshift hospitals with over 160,000 beds to treat Covid19 patients. But strict traffic restrictions have tried the patience of local residents. Some received food packages of meat and vegetables from the government. However, many had to fight and protest for laughter and other basic needs.

The megalopolis it seemed to have sufficient reserves of rice, flour, oil and meat, and enough stocks of vegetables and pork, but as explained by Deputy Mayor Chen Tong Chen, supermarkets and food markets had shut down due to the epidemic situation, and the home delivery capacity of ecommerce platforms also went down due to the new outbreaks of Covid significantly back 19. Shopping apps often report that orders were fulfilled that day.