After Leona tested positive for covid-19, she was ordered to go to a quarantine center in Shanghai, part of the city’s aggressive campaign to curb the spread of the virus. Upon arrival, she was handed ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai’s messy COVID-19 lockdown forcing foreign workers to rethink life in China’s financial hub
Shanghai authorities may be loosening one of the world's strictest lockdowns, but after weeks of uncertainty and food shortages, many foreign workers are considering leaving. ( read original story ...)
The Growing Human Toll of Shanghai’s COVID Lockdown
Mass testing. Snap lockdowns. Extensive quarantines. That's life for residents of Shanghai, and there's no end in sight. In the third week of draconian COVID-19-containment restrictions, almost 26 ... ( read original story ...)
Woman Documents What It’s Like Living During China’s Biggest Lockdown
Chaniece, an American currently in China, has used her social media platform to open up about what it's really like to be in lockdown in the country's most populated city. On 2 April, 2022, in day two ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai’s Lockdown Puts China’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy in a Dystopian Light
Shanghai is gradually easing the draconian lockdown it implemented since late March following the largest nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus since the pandemic began. The extended shutdown led to ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai releases more from virus observation amid three week lockdown
Shanghai released 6,000 more people from the central facilities where they were under medical observation to guard against the coronavirus, the ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai lockdown tests resilience of ‘Zero-COVID’ strategy, as economic and social tolls grow
Shanghai's Covid-19 infections are continuing to to escalate, despite a strict lockdown of more than 25 million residents. ( read original story ...)