Omicron is tearing through densely-populated Shanghai, but some residents are finding the regime’s strict COVID control measures and lack of transparency worse than the threat posed by the highly-contagious variant itself. Cheng Ming (alias), who lives in the eastern area of the city that’s currently under lockdown, has been desperately trying to reach his 88-year-old grandmother for two days. His grandmother lives at the Donghai Elderly Care Hospital, a large elderly-care facility that has been sealed off since early February. The hospital is reportedly battling a COVID-19 outbreak that is more severe than what’s officially disclosed. On March 28, he was told that his grandmother tested positive. Cheng said he had lost contact with her since then. “I couldn’t believe we completely lost contact with grandma after receiving the notice on [March] 28,” Cheng told The Epoch Times. “A front office staff said that a nurse had helped my grandmother …