Shanghai residents are continuing to reel under strict lockdown conditions brought on by the regime’s Zero-COVID policy, with many concerned how it will affect the economy.
The lockdown has been ongoing for many of the city’s 26 million residents for nearly three weeks. A city-wide lockdown was announced on April 3.
Shi Lei (pseudonym) lives in a “closed control area” due to several positive Omncron cases found in her neighborhood. She is unable to go to her workplace for one of China’s leading companies.
“If this goes on, the private sector will not be able to hold on, and we will definitely lose our jobs,” Shi told The Epoch Times. “We already have a tight cash flow.”
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