Since Shanghai officially lifted the over two month long city wide lockdown on June 1, residents have summarized some of the consequences people are experiencing and are sharing on social media. Some say it will take a long time for the city to recover.
Shanghai citizens are still not completely free from epidemic control measures. One consequence of the lockdown is normalization of the nucleic acid test that everyone has to take every 72 hours, and mass testing of all residents in the city every weekend.
A second aftereffect is soaring prices. After the lockdown, residents found that the prices of food, such as meat, eggs, and milk have increased, and the cost of daily life has increased significantly, which continues to put economic pressure on regular people….