Notably, the Shanghai lockdown is also affecting China's economy as the city is the hub of the country's leading financial center. For more than two weeks, Shanghai has been under lockdown due to the skyrocketing of COVID cases. In order to curb the rising COVID cases, the Chinese authorities have placed their own citizens under house arrest in the name of a 'Zero-COVID' lockdown. As a result, the people of Shanghai are facing a huge food and other basic amenities shortage.
Recently, various media organizations reported that the people of Shanghai who ran out of food broke the inhumane COVID restrictions and entered into a supermarket and had also shouted for help. Now, Shanghai lockdown viral video verifies the report as it shows 'desperate and hungry' Chinese people looting food and other items from a shop.
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Shanghai eases Lockdown after viral video
After the video of Shanghai people looting food items went viral on social media and the Chinese authorities were subjected to criticism, the lockdown norms were eased on Tuesday. About 6.6 million people will be allowed to leave their homes, but some must stay in their own neighborhoods, according to the online news outlet The Paper. The government said some markets and pharmacies also would reopen. The abrupt closure of most businesses and orders to stay home left the public fuming about a lack of access to food and medicine. People who test positive for the virus are forced into sprawling temporary quarantine facilities criticized by some as crowded and unsanitary.