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Shanghai fears a “panic” with the rise of Covid-19

2022-03-23T08:22:45.541Z


Shanghai City Hall called for calm on Wednesday March 23 in the face of the risk of “panic” caused by the rise in Covid-19 cases in the greater...


Shanghai City Hall called for calm on Wednesday March 23 in the face of the risk of "

panic

" caused by the rise in Covid-19 cases in China's largest city, where stadiums are converted into quarantine centers.

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Several districts of the Chinese economic capital are already placed under confinement, but many residents fear a generalized quarantine and have started to store food.

China has been going through its most serious Covid outbreak for a few days since the initial wave at the start of 2020, promptly stemmed by the authorities.

Shaken by the Omicron strain, the Asian giant reported more than 5,000 new cases of contamination on Wednesday, a minimal figure on a global scale but considerable for the country which officially follows a zero Covid strategy.

Shanghai alone accounted for a fifth of the total for the past 24 hours, with 981 new cases, nearly all but four of them asymptomatic.

Fear of drastic measures

The nervousness of the inhabitants increased after the announcement of the conversion of at least two indoor stadiums into quarantine centers, raising fears of more radical measures, such as the imposition of a general confinement of the city to the 25 million people. 'inhabitants.

We hope that people will not believe or spread rumors, especially rumors likely to cause panic

,” municipal health department chief Wu Jinglei told reporters.

Internet users have complained that e-commerce platforms have been blocked after being overloaded with calls from confined residents.

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Authorities said the city's food supply was secure, but an online shopping site said it was under pressure.

People who used to buy at the supermarket are now buying online and demand has exploded

,” said a spokeswoman for food commerce site Dingdong Maicai.

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Source: lefigaro

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