It’s six weeks in and Shanghai’s lockdown has only become harsher with officials being pressured to eliminate every COVID-19 infection within communities as per the regime’s “dynamic zero” standards, leaving millions with little hope in sight.
In some parts of the city, if an apartment building has a positive case all of its residents would be forcefully shipped off to quarantine facilities. Meanwhile, infected people have had to hand over their house keys so health workers can disinfect their homes.
Some Shanghai residents have reported that their neighborhoods have announced a “quiet period,” where no one is allowed to leave home and deliveries are halted, though there has been no official announcement.
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