Beijing today is launching a massive coronavirus test campaign involving virtually all of its 22 million people, many of whom fear a severe lockdown will be imposed, such as in Shanghaiagainst the background of increasing cases.
China has been facing its worst since March outbreak of the epidemic to date, varying degrees of severity per province. The authorities react by implementing the established strategy of zero cases, imposing restrictive measures and quarantines.
In the financial capital, Shanghai, where a lockdown has been in place since early April, residents have complained that they do not have enough food supplies and that infected people are being sent to isolation centers, where conditions are sometimes dire.
The metropolitan authorities announced today that in the previous 24 hours 52 patients succumbed to complications of COVID-19 (record for the third consecutive day) and about 17,000 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed, 1,661 with symptoms and 15,319 asymptomatic.
In Beijing, where about 100 cases have been reported since last week (33 in 24 hours), authorities have asked residents of 12 of the 16 districts to undergo three PCR (polymerase chain reaction, or molecular) tests each this week. their.
Residents and workers in Beijing’s most populous Zhejiang district, home to multinationals, offices, foreign embassies, and shopping malls, were the first to begin molecular testing on Monday. Today, the measure was extended to another 11 districts.
Fearing a repeat of the Shanghai scenario, several residents of the Chinese capital ran to supermarkets to buy basic necessities, especially food, or to place orders online. So far, however, there has been no shortage of fresh produce or basic necessities in Beijing.
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