Shanghai is entering its third week in a strict lockdown as part of China's battle to contain its biggest COVID-19 outbreak since coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan in late 2019.
Locked-down Shanghai residents shout from windowsAnyone who tests positive for COVID must be sent to one of those hospitals, rather than isolate at home. Conditions in the hospitals vary massively.
Videos appeared to show half completed centres, with mattresses strewn on the floor and unsanitary toilet conditions. City official Gu Honghui said Shanghai would make"dynamic" adjustments to lessen the impacts of restrictions on citizens.The city has built more than 100 makeshift hospitals, with capacity for 160,000 patients. Pic: APResidential compounds have been divided into three types: areas that are completely sealed off, others subject to controls, and"prevention areas" that can open up after two weeks without a positive case.
Guangzhou, an export hub in the south, announced that it would suspend in-person teaching for students and start mass testing its 18 million residents. In the capital Beijing, a high risk area was put under lockdown over the weekend after it reported eight COVID cases over the last two weeks.