Shanghai has entered phase 2 of its containment. After the financial center of the eastern part of the city, closed since March 28, it is the turn of the historic center to see, from 1is on April 4, its usually crowded streets suddenly deserted.
In Pudong, in the east of the city, the situation was expected to return to normal on the morning of 1is April, but “restrictions will remain in place in neighborhoods where the widespread testing campaign has detected positive Covid-19 cases,” specify the South China Morning Post. Residential areas will remain closed for three to ten days.
From Saturday April 2, only residents able to present a negative PCR test less than forty-eight hours old and an antigen test less than twenty-four hours old will be able to leave the city. “Checks will be made at airports, ports, train stations and on highways”, adds the Hong Kong daily.
More than 20,000 cases identified in one week
1is April, 358 new patients were detected, while 4,144 asymptomatic cases were detected, for a total of more than 20,000 cases recorded in the past week.
Residents’ protests are increasing about the difficulty of access to care, many hospitals being closed, the daily indicates, adding that the complaints also concern the poor reception conditions in the quarantine centers where the infected people are placed. , as well as the city’s food supply.