A senior Shanghai official conceded on Thursday that the Chinese economic capital was not fully ready to face the current outbreak of Covid-19, which is forcing the city to confine its 25 million inhabitants.
The worst wave since 2020
The metropolis is facing its worst wave of contamination since the start of the epidemic.
The Omicron variant is putting a strain on the national “zero Covid” strategy which aims to do everything to prevent new cases.
Shanghainese living in the eastern part of the city (Pudong) have been confined to their homes since Monday morning and are subject to general screening.
This confinement will last until Friday morning, when the West (Puxi) will be put under a bell.
Shortage of fresh produce
The news had been announced at the last moment, Sunday evening around 9 p.m., causing an influx of residents into the shops in order to stock up on food products.
With the demand, the price of vegetables jumped this week.
If the logistics of containment generally work well, some Shanghainese complain of not having enough fresh produce or of not being able to access hospitals, for lack of authorization to leave their home or of having a negative Covid-19 test.
Faced with the discontent, a senior official of the town hall, Ma Chunlei, conceded this Thursday according to an official press release that “in the face of the sharp increase in the number of infected people, our preparations were insufficient”.
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