Its principles Shanghai announced 12 deaths because of COVID-19 yesterday, April 22, from 11 a day earlier, while the residents appear more and more discouraged amid severe lockdown and severe internet censorship.
The city, which is facing the biggest coronavirus outbreak so far in China, recorded yesterday 20,634 asymptomatic transmission cases in the community, from 15,698 one day earlier. The number of new cases with symptoms rose to 2,736 yesterday from 1,931 the day before yesterday, April 21, according to official data.
The median age of the patients who ended up was 88 years, according to the Shanghai authorities. All had underlying diseases and were unvaccinated.
«A strategy that needs immediate implementation is to increase booster vaccination rates in the elderly and other vulnerable groups and see if mRNA vaccines can be usedSaid Jaya Dadas, a public health specialist at the School of Public Health at Curtin University in Australia, which is monitoring the outbreak in Shanghai.
China does not yet have its own mRNA vaccines and has chosen not to import what has been developed abroad.
In a study published yesterday by the Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control, health experts in the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin, where another outbreak of the coronavirus is found, said that Chinese vaccines are effective so far although the emergence of new strains remains unpredictable COVID-19. As they reported “the data are strong enough to indicate the public importance of the strategy for complete and supportive vaccination, especially for older citizens».
Increasing pressure
Although frustrated Shanghai housing estates continue to be a source of frustration, local officials say there will be no further relaxation until new cases are eliminated outside the quarantine areas.
«The more critical the period, the more we need to grit our teeth and concentrate our strength.He said the mayor of Shanghai Gong Zheng on the official local authority channel on WeChat.
The number of cases outside the quarantine areas rose yesterday to 218 from 250 a day earlier.
The global lockdown in Shanghai city began in early April, although many residents have been confined to their homes for much longer.
But although they have been under restraint for more than 30 days, some housing estates are reporting new cases, raising doubts about the effectiveness of China’s approach.
«It is a long time and, indeed, it has two effects on mental health: people are exhausted and discouraged“, Said Dada.
On social media, users try to circumvent censorship to post a six-minute video entitled “The Voice of April”, in which voices recorded during the Shanghai uprising are heard. In the video, which includes images of Shanghai’s silent skyscrapers, are heard residents complaining about lack of food and medicine, as well as the strict policy of the city authorities. All references to the video have been removed from the Weibo platform so far this morning, although some comments criticizing the censorship have survived.
“I can only say that if you do not even want to hear just a few real voices, then it is really heartbreaking,” said one user.
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