Due to the epidemic outbreak linked to the Omicron variant, the Chinese agglomeration was subjected to very severe confinement. Thousands of infected residents have been placed in quarantine in specialized centres.
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Measures in response to the discontent of the inhabitants. Shanghai eased anti-Covid-19 restrictions in certain neighborhoods on Monday April 11, while very strict confinement locked 25 million people in their homes.
Authorities in China’s largest city have announced that they will gradually allow residents of areas with the least infections to travel outside their neighborhoods, although it is unclear how many people will be able to leave their homes. nor when.
Shanghai officials will determine three categories of neighborhoods based on the incidence rate. Measurements “differentiated prevention and control” will reflect the situation “real” on the ground, said a city official. Residents of “strict control” and “controlled areas” will remain confined to their homes. Residents of neighborhoods where no cases have been recorded in the past two weeks will be allowed to leave their homes.
With the epidemic outbreak linked to the Omicron variant, the Shanghai metropolitan area was subjected to very severe confinement. Many residents are struggling to get enough food while thousands of others, infected, are forced to remain in quarantine in specialized centers. On Monday, 27,509 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in China, the vast majority of them in Shanghai.