{"id":422591,"date":"2022-03-27T21:10:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T18:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/shanghai-to-lock-down-in-phases-to-rein-in-covid-19-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2022-03-27T21:10:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T18:10:42","slug":"shanghai-to-lock-down-in-phases-to-rein-in-covid-19-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shanghai-to-lock-down-in-phases-to-rein-in-covid-19-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"#Shanghai to lock down in phases to rein in COVID-19 outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a411426174ec\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2020\/37-covid.jpg\" alt=\"covid\" title=\"Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads since the early days of the pandemic, the city government said Sunday.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                China&#8217;s biggest city will lock down its eastern half from Monday until Friday, officials said, followed by a similar lockdown of its western side beginning on April 1.<\/p>\n<p>The metropolis of 25 million has in recent days become the leading hotspot in a nationwide outbreak that began to gain pace in early March.<\/p>\n<p>Although recent case numbers remain insignificant in a global context, they are China&#8217;s highest since the first weeks of the pandemic, which first emerged in the city of Wuhan in late 2019.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s National Health Commission on Sunday reported more than 4,500 new domestically transmitted cases, down by more than 1,000 from the previous day but still far higher than the double-digit daily tallies usually seen over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of residents in affected areas across the country have been subjected to citywide lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai, however, had thus far avoided a full lockdown, with officials saying it was imperative to keep the eastern Chinese port and financial hub running, for the good of both the national and global economies.<\/p>\n<p>But with case counts climbing, the city government said in a public notice that the two-part lockdown was being implemented &#8220;to curb the spread of the epidemic, ensure the safety and health of the people&#8221; and root out cases of infection &#8220;as soon as possible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The city&#8217;s sprawling eastern half, known as Pudong, which includes the main international airport and financial district, would be locked down for testing beginning Monday morning and ending April 1.<\/p>\n<p>On April 1, the city&#8217;s western half, known as Puxi and featuring the historic Bund riverfront, will lock down until April 5, the government added.<\/p>\n<p>Residents were told to stay indoors during the lockdowns, and all business employees and government personnel not involved in the supply of essential services were advised to work from home.<\/p>\n<p>Those involved with providing vital services such as gas, electricity, transport, sanitation and the supply of food would be exempt from the stay-at-home order.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement said buses, taxis and the city&#8217;s extensive subway system would cease operations, but made no mention of activity at its massive port, or any impact on air <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> or rail service in and out of Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, a member of the city&#8217;s pandemic task force had vowed Shanghai would not shut down. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Shanghai, this city of ours, came to a complete halt, there would be many international cargo ships floating in the East China Sea,&#8221; said Wu Fan, a medical expert on the task force, during a daily virus press briefing held by the city government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This would impact the entire national economy and the global economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s government had previously kept the virus under control nationally through strict zero-tolerance measures including mass lockdowns of entire cities and provinces for even small numbers of cases.<\/p>\n<p>But authorities have watched nervously as a deadly Hong Kong Omicron surge sparked panic buying and claimed a high toll of unvaccinated elderly in the southern Chinese city.<\/p>\n<p>The variant&#8217;s subsequent spread in mainland China has posed a dilemma for authorities wrestling with how forcefully to respond, with the zero-tolerance <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach increasingly being questioned amid concerns over the economic impact and public &#8220;pandemic fatigue&#8221;, especially considering Omicron&#8217;s less severe symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai had sought to ease disruption with a targeted approach to the current outbreak marked by rolling 48-hour lockdowns of individual neighbourhoods combined with large-scale testing, but otherwise keeping the city running.<\/p>\n<p>But the softer strategy has so far failed to dampen city case counts, and the localised lockdowns have provoked grumbling online and a run on groceries in some districts.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        Shanghai won&#8217;t lock down despite COVID spike: official\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                         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