‘Pushed to the Brink of Collapse’: Leaked Recording of Shanghai CDC Expert Describes Chaos Behind Lockdown Measures

Residents look at the street from their neighborhood where barriers are being placed around to close off streets around after the detection of new cases of COVID-19 in Shanghai on March 15, 2022. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

While Shanghai continues its lockdown and massive PCR testing campaign as COVID-19 surges through the city, a CDC expert’s complaint about chaotic PCR test reports that have confused people was recently exposed online. Shanghai CDC issued a notice demanding staff answer public inquiries “in line with the policy.”

There have been complaints about the conflicting PCR test results on Chinese social media because people receive a negative test result on their cell phones but then receive a positive test result from the CDC.