Shanghai residents may currently be so frustrated with the latest COVID lockdown that they are shouting from their apartment windows, according to several videos going viral on social media.

China's largest city has been in lockdown again since April 5, 2022, when Beijing ordered a complete shutdown as part of its "zero COVID" policy.

The city's 25 million residents have had to undergo six COVID-19 tests since April 3 and are not allowed to leave their homes - even to eat. People are using delivery services, although even these are limited due to the restrictions.

Those who test positive are forcibly taken to quarantine hospitals, while those who test negative are not allowed to leave their homes. Videos circulating online show people arguing with security personnel because they need food.

Videos of desperate people screaming from their high-rise apartments were followed by even more dubious videos from a drone hovering over the city. A computer-generated voice tells residents (translated): “Please adhere to COVID restrictions. Control your soul's desire for freedom. Don’t open the window or sing.”

Rebecca Kanthor, a journalist in Shanghai, said some people knew only hours before the lockdown began and didn't have time to buy food supplies.

"People are very frustrated, but not everyone goes out and shouts and is publicly upset in that way, but people are on social media ... expressing their frustration because Shanghai is a really big city, they have the reputation "It's a very progressive city, and until now no one really thought that Shanghai would go into lockdown in this way."

On Sunday, 24,944 new infections were registered, of which 1,006 were symptomatic. Although the numbers are still low compared to other major cities, in China with the government's controversial zero- Covid strategy it is the largest outbreak since Wuhan 2019, from where the pandemic began.

Sources:

Tagesschau
Kurier
Weibo
NPR
TheDailyBeast
Rebecca Kanthor


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