Its principles Shanghai announced today that Strict restrictions will remain in force for the time beingeven in areas that have managed to eradicate the transmission of COVID-19, prolonging the anxiety of many residents who are trapped in their homes for most of this month.
This ominous assessment, which came as a result of unexpected increase in the number of cases outside quarantine areastook place while health officials stepped up earlier this week hopes for a return to normal life saying that trends in recent days have shown that Shanghai had “substantially curtailed transmission”.
In a regular briefing to reporters, an official in Chongming, an island region of Shanghai, said most restrictions would remain in place, although zero out-of-quarantine incidents had been reported and about 90% of the 640,000 residents were theoretically allowed to leave. from their homes.
«For those in prevention areas, we must continue to ensure that there are no free movement areas.Said Deputy Governor Zhang Jitong, referring to neighborhoods that meet the criteria to allow residents to move around outdoors.
Supermarkets remain closed to consumers, vehicles are not allowed on the streets without approval and only one person from each household he is allowed to go out every day in some parts of Chongming, he said.
Jingan’s central district, home to nearly 1 million people and one of the city’s most impressive shopping malls, announced yesterday that it would no longer allow residents to move away from their residential complexes as there is a risk of large gatherings.
Residents, who earlier this week believed their lives might be starting to return to normal, are becoming increasingly frustrated.
«I no longer have the strength to complain about measures that change overnight“, Wrote a resident of Jingan on social media. «And this is not even a problem worth mentioning, given the serious problems facing Shanghai».
It was released on Chinese social media last night a video with the intense quarrel of a resident of Jingan and a local official. The resident repeatedly asked why she could not go out while living in an area where she was allowed to leave the house, with the official constantly giving her the same answer: “I told you, we have a warning». Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the video.
Shanghai recorded 15,861 new asymptomatic cases of coronavirus, local transmission, yesterday compared to 16,407 a day earlier. The number of symptomatic cases was 2,634, out of 2,494. It is noteworthy that 441 new cases were recorded outside the quarantine areas, from 390 a day earlier.
According to the authorities, 8 people lost their lives yesterday due to COVID-19, with the total death toll from the current outbreak being 25 – all of them in the last four days.
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