(ANSA) – BEIJING, APRIL 07 – The anti-Covid lockdown is producing tension and anger among most of Shanghai’s nearly 26 million residents, stranded in homes, struggling with serious problems in obtaining meat, rice and other foodstuffs essential, amid complaints of empty online supermarkets and delivery difficulties due to huge requests.
Not to mention the age-old question of the separation of infected minors from their parents, only slightly resolved: those who test positive, even if asymptomatic, cannot isolate themselves at home, but must be taken to quarantine facilities, some of which now allow accommodation. almost familiar following the protests, especially from the foreign community.
The storm exploded on social networks in Mandarin such as Weibo or WeChat and on Twitter: among the most common posts are photos and comments on the food that has just arrived, as well as complaints about an unimaginable scenario. “They had two years to prepare and were taken by surprise”, an Italian manager who had been locked up for almost three weeks told ANSA.
The complaints are a source of embarrassment for the Communist Party in a year in which President Xi Jinping will try to break with tradition by aiming for an unusual third five-year term as leader. The Shanghai case, then, is bringing out the human and economic cost of ‘zero tolerance’ at Covid on the isolation of the infected, even in its ‘dynamic’ version.
Cases in China rose to 23,107 on Wednesday, of which 1,323 confirmed and the rest made up of asymptomatic carriers. In Shanghai there were almost 20,000, of which 322 infections were verified. Local officials have ensured that the city, home to the busiest port in the world and China’s main stock exchange, has enough food. But a deputy mayor, Chen Tong, acknowledged that handing over to families is a challenge in the “last 100 meters,” according to state media. The head of the Shanghai CCP, Li Qiang, promised instead to speed up the process of collecting, sending, checking, reporting and verifying anti-Covid test samples: “We must act as quickly as possible to recover positive cases and identify the infected people “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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