Rome, 5 April 2022 – The lockdown for the pandemic Covid has been extended to all of Shanghai and its 25 million inhabitants. The BBC reports. Until yesterday, the metropolis had restrictive measures for the eastern and western areas. THE residents cannot go out from their residential areas.
Shanghai finished the basic sample collection for the campaign yesterday molecular swabs carried out on over 24 million residents, in the city’s attempt to block the spread of Covid-19 in communities and contain the recent wave. “With the active cooperation of local residents, the city finished the last molecular sampling cycle on April 4,” said the Shanghai Municipal Group’s Office for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19. Shanghai conducted the citywide swab campaign yesterday, after carrying out a round of mass antigen tests on Sunday.
The center was temporarily placed under closed-circuit management afterwards the increase in infections registered in the last few days. We will proceed with further interventions in an orderly manner, such as the execution of tests, multiple controls, the transfer of positive cases, as well as the analysis and assessment of the epidemic situation. Upon completion of these operations, follow-up measures will be released based on applicable national regulations and the results of the screening in mass. Han Huifeng, a resident of Xuhui District, came down from his home at 9:00 am after hearing a warning from volunteers over loudspeakers. He queued up and was swabbed in just three minutes. Then, he shared his experience of him in a WeChat group with his neighbors, saying that he was amazed by the efficiency of the service. More than 2,100 residents of the Han residential community booked and were tested in just three hours, according to management. Doctors in Shanghai even went door to door to swab some elderly and pregnant women, but also new mothers and their babies were offered quick and practical services. Simon Lichtenberg, a Danish citizen living in Changning district, told Xinhua that 390 people from 176 families in his community completed the tests between 6:00 and 8:30 am yesterday morning.