{"id":1404929,"date":"2022-03-28T13:17:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T17:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404929"},"modified":"2022-03-28T13:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T17:18:21","slug":"coronavirus-panic-in-shanghai-as-china-locks-down-26-million-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coronavirus-panic-in-shanghai-as-china-locks-down-26-million-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Panic in Shanghai as China Locks Down 26 Million People"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcoronavirus-panic-in-shanghai-as-china-locks-down-26-million-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404929&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Shanghai <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/20220328\/e48f13e6fcb643f2822b372e5ec079c6\/c.html\"><span>launched<\/span><\/a><span> China\u2019s largest coronavirus lockdown in two years on Monday, putting 26 million people into quarantine in two phases projected to last five days apiece. The vital financial district of Pudong was locked down first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/covid-business-health-china-beijing-b406df3a0113b9be99273324fec2c12e\"><span>Associated Press<\/span><\/a><span> reported panic sweeping the city as residents were forced to lock themselves in their homes and avoid all contact with other people. Communist Party authorities shuttered \u201cnon-essential\u201d offices and businesses, suspended transportation, and canceled public events. Panic-buying cleaned out store shelves in the last hours before hazmat-suited enforcers began setting up roadblocks and checkpoints.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cShanghai detected another 3,500 cases of infection on Sunday, though all but 50 were people who tested positive for the coronavirus but were not showing symptoms of [Chinese coronavirus]. While people who are asymptomatic can still infect others, China categorizes such cases separately from \u2018confirmed cases\u2019 \u2013\u00a0 those in people who are sick \u2013 leading to much lower totals in daily reports,\u201d the AP noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nationwide, China reported its highest coronavirus case numbers since the beginning of the pandemic over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tesla <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/tesla-suspends-production-shanghai-factory-4-days-comply-with-covid-curbs-2022-03-28\/\"><span>reportedly<\/span><\/a><span> suspended production at its Shanghai factory in the Pudong area for four days, after unsuccessfully attempting to set up a \u201cclosed-loop management system\u201d \u2013 i.e. requiring workers to live on factory premises so the plant could remain open. Tesla did not make a public announcement of the suspension, but Shanghai employees told reporters they were quietly told to stay at home before their Monday work shifts.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20418374\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239563983.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Residents are being checked at the entrance of a residential area that is in lockdown, in Jing\u2019 an district in Shanghai on March 28, 2022. (HECTOR RETAMAL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The International Air Transport Association (IATA) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationpros.com\/education-training\/trade-associations-events\/press-release\/21261748\/international-air-transport-association-iata-78th-iata-agm-to-take-place-in-doha-qatar\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> on Friday that its 78th annual general meeting and World Transport Summit in June will be moved from Shanghai to Doha, Qatar due to \u201ccontinuing [Chinese coronavirus]-related restrictions on travel to China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is deeply disappointing that we are not able to meet in Shanghai as planned,\u201d said IATA Director-General Willie Walsh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shanghai is China\u2019s largest and wealthiest city. The lockdown imposed on Monday will be the largest in China since Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus outbreak began, was quarantined two years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/china-covid-shanghai-cases-record-lockdown-omicron-variant\/\"><span>CBS News<\/span><\/a><span> noted that \u201cclosing down all of Shanghai at once was apparently not an option,\u201d even given the Chinese government\u2019s insistence on sticking to its \u201cdynamic zero-Covid\u201d policies against the fast-spreading omicron variant, so the city was divided along the Huangpu River for the two-phase citywide lockdown. The second phase will cover the western half of the city, which is more heavily populated but has fewer vital installations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf Shanghai, this city of ours, came to a complete halt, there would be many international cargo ships floating in the East China Sea. This would impact the entire national economy and the global economy,\u201d a member of Shanghai\u2019s coronavirus task force <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/28\/shanghai-to-lock-down-millions-for-mass-testing-as-chinas-covid-cases-surge\"><span>explained<\/span><\/a><span> on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Outside observers also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/25\/china\/china-covid-frustration-exit-plan-intl-hnk-mic\/index.html\"><span>noted<\/span><\/a><span> the Chinese public is suffering from \u201cpandemic fatigue\u201d and growing increasingly irritated with the lack of any strategy for getting back to normal life, as most of the rest of the world is learning to \u201clive with Covid.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20418410\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239563709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20418410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239563709-1024x681-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman drives a scooter down a quiet street in Yangpu distric, in Shanghai on March 28, 2022. Millions of people in China\u2019s financial hub were confined to their homes on March 28 as the eastern half of Shanghai went into coronavirus lockdown. (HECTOR RETAMAL\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>Chinese state media had little to say about pandemic fatigue, instead portraying Shanghai residents as dutifully complying with lockdown requirements and stoically enduring their hardships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The state-run <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202203\/1256965.shtml\"><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>only quoted Shanghai residents who had absolute faith in their government\u2019s ostensibly flawless pandemic controls:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m not worried, as my community has been put under closed-loop management for 14 days and we have prepared daily commodities sufficiently,\u201d a 41-year-old resident living in Pudong surnamed Wu told the Global Times on Monday. \u201cThe only thing we need to do is to follow the instructions and we hope the virus\u2019 spread can be curbed as soon as possible; our daily normal life will come back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI was allowed to go out for regular antenatal care under the closed-loop mechanism. I\u2019m not concerned as express delivery and logistics still work to ensure our daily routine,\u201d a 31-year-old resident surnamed Huang told the Global Times on Monday, who is living in Pudong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cClosed-loop management protects us from the virus,\u201d Huang said, noting that she found the street was empty and nearby stores were closed when she went out on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The Xinhua state news service praised China\u2019s \u201cdynamic zero-Covid\u201d policies as \u201ceffective and necessary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe claims from some Western countries that China is compromising its economic and social development for the sake of epidemic control are largely a misunderstanding of the aforementioned approach,\u201d Xinhua sniffed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe anti-epidemic efforts over the past years proved the effectiveness of China\u2019s approach that accords with the country\u2019s reality. Both the country\u2019s economic performance and COVID-19 response have fully demonstrated the strength and effectiveness of the dynamic zero-COVID approach,\u201d Xinhua insisted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shanghai launched China\u2019s largest coronavirus lockdown in two years on Monday, putting 26 million people into quarantine in two phases projected to last five days apiece. 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