Shanghai Residents Pushed to Their Limits Amid Ongoing Lockdown

Shanghai Residents Pushed to Their Limits Amid Ongoing Lockdown
A resident looks out behind a gate blocking an entrance to a residential area under COVID lockdown in Shanghai on April 13, 2022. Aly Song/Reuters
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Shanghai’s draconian lockdown has caused chaos, humanitarian disasters, and mounting public outrage. Some Shanghai residents say the collateral damage from the authorities’ frantic “Zero-COVID” approach is much worse than the effects of the virus itself.

After 9 p.m. on April 16, Shanghai’s Pudong government released an online statement addressed to the district’s residents that said the virus outbreak remains severe and complicated.