in Shanghai, residents are still confined

A concert of saucepans that resounds throughout the city. In Shanghai, people are hungry, they even write it on the walls. Five weeks that the inhabitants are locked up in their homes. Only a few workers roam the roads, like the men in white responsible for emptying the trash cans. The measures are always stricter. Despite figures below 200 patients in one week in Beijing, more than 20 million had to be screened.

A few days before the traditional May holidays, the streets and parks, usually crowded, are almost deserted. The inhabitants are preparing for a possible reconfinement. At the same time, the authorities announce that they are continuing their “zero Covid” policy. “If we relax the measures, the virus will spread rapidly and cause a large number of serious infections.”, said Li Bin, vice-minister of health. In the fall, President Xi Jinping should be reappointed for a third term.