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Shanghai Residents Struggle to Obtain Food and Medicine as Citywide Lockdown Continues

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Shanghai Residents Struggle to Obtain Food and Medicine as Citywide Lockdown Continues
A health worker goes through a bag in a compound as residents are tested for COVID-19 inside a compound in Jing'an district, in Shanghai on March 29, 2022. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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3/30/2022|Updated: 3/31/2022
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For many living in Shanghai, the city’s tough quarantine measures are proving unbearable as they struggle to cope with life without enough basic necessities, such as food and medication.

Wan Wenying, 56, a resident of Shanghai’s Baoshan district, told The Epoch Times on March 29 that she was short on food after local officials refused to help her.

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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers news in China and Taiwan. He holds a Master's degree in materials science from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
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