The Shanghai authorities announced today Friday that “Has been brought under control” the outbreak of the covid-19 epidemic in the city, after its approximately 25 million inhabitants were put on lockdown about a month ago.
The number of new covid-19 infections in China’s financial capital has been “steadily declining” since April 22, said Shanghai Deputy Mayor Wu Qing.
“Currently, the situation of prevention and control of the epidemic in our city is steadily improving and the epidemic has been brought under control,” he added during a press conference.
Many Shanghai residents remain in lockdown and protest the policy measures imposed on them “Zero tolerance in covid-19 “followed by Beijing.
Wu warned that while transmission to the community had been “substantially curtailed”, there was a risk of a resurgence of the epidemic, and stressed that the city could not deviate from its “dynamic eradication” strategy.
“We can not relax, we can not reduce the effort: persistence means victory,” he said.
Although about 2.3 million inhabitants of Shanghai remain in a severe lockdown, another 16.67 million live in low-risk “prevention zones”, which theoretically means they can leave their homes.
However, many residents have complained that housing officials apply the rules differently, so some people living in “prevention zones” are still unable to leave their homes, although no cases have been reported in their area. weeks.
The new coronavirus was first detected at the end of 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The lockdown imposed there in early 2020 heralded Beijing’s subsequent policy – based on mass tests, strict quarantine and travel restrictions – which significantly reduced the spread of the virus for the next two years. years.
However, at the beginning of 2022, outbreaks of the highly contagious Omicron strain appeared in various parts of the country.
Since the beginning of March, China has been facing an outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic, which has spread almost all over the country and which is testing its zero tolerance policy against covid-19.
Under this policy, anyone who is positive for the coronavirus is transported to a quarantine center, even if they show no symptoms, while their neighbors remain isolated in their homes for 14 days.
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