Shanghai authorities ordered all 26 million residents into strict home quarantine this week in two phases, prompting desperate calls from those suddenly unable to leave their homes for medical assistance.
are returning to normal, China’s financial capital has descended into its deepest crisis of the pandemic. Normally crowded streets stood empty, with some stretches of storefronts blocked off with barricades.
Shanghai’s port, the world’s busiest, remained open, state media reported. There are concerns that any delays at the port could ripple across global supply chains.out of the pandemic. Beijing officials had signaled that after two years of a “zero covid” strategy that weighed on the economy, they wanted to begin opening up. As a city full of business executives, Shanghai had been particularly eager for a return to normal.
Lu said his father used to have three dialysis treatments a week but has received only one this week. The hospital promised his father could go Saturday if he had a negative PCR test, and Lu hoped it would not be canceled.“I can only think about when’s the next time,” Lu said. “At least each treatment could make him live for a few more days.”
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