{"id":429500,"date":"2022-04-10T16:56:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/shanghai-protests-food-shortages-during-covid-19-lockdown\/"},"modified":"2022-04-10T16:56:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:56:38","slug":"shanghai-protests-food-shortages-during-covid-19-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shanghai-protests-food-shortages-during-covid-19-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"#Shanghai protests food shortages during COVID-19 lockdown"},"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-6a3688a29dbdb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3688a29dbdb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shanghai-protests-food-shortages-during-covid-19-lockdown\/#%E2%80%9CShanghai_protests_food_shortages_during_COVID-19_lockdown%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Shanghai protests food shortages during COVID-19 lockdown&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CShanghai_protests_food_shortages_during_COVID-19_lockdown%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Shanghai protests food shortages during COVID-19 lockdown&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Desperate Shanghai residents who are under strict lockdown over a COVID-19 outbreak are protesting food shortages, chanting \u201cwe want supplies\u201d from their apartments, video shows.<\/p>\n<p>Footage <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AidenHeung\/status\/1511943651017912320\">posted to Twitter <\/a>showed people in the locked-down city banging pots on their balconies to decry a lack of food and other items, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/asia-pacific\/20220408-china-shanghai-lockdown-quarantine-food\">France24 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want supplies,\u201d the quarantined residents reportedly chanted.<\/p>\n<p>In another <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliceysu\/status\/1511558828802068481\">video posted to the Chinese social media platform Weibo<\/a>, a drone <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>ears to warn the residents to cease protesting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease comply with COVID restrictions. Control your soul\u2019s desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing,\u201d the message from the drone said.<\/p>\n<p>Other footage in recent days has shown residents struggling with security personnel and hazmat-suited medical staff at some compounds, with occupants shouting that they needed food supplies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1120.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Workers in PPE unload groceries from a truck.\" class=\"wp-image-21847399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1120.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1120.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1120.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Quarantined residents have to order in food or wait for government drop-offs of vegetables, meat and eggs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chinatopix via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1118.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Workers unload supplies.\" class=\"wp-image-21847405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1118.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1118.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1118.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>One Shanghai resident said she and her parents had only received one food package handed out by local officials in the past 20 days.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chinatopix via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nearly all of Shanghai\u2019s 26 million residents have been confined at home since last week, as the city aims to test, trace and centrally quarantine all people who test positive for the virus amid the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p>Only healthcare workers, volunteers, delivery personnel and those with special permission are able to move freely under the \u201cno tolerance\u201d policy.<\/p>\n<p>The strict rules mean that quarantined residents have to order in food or wait for government drop-offs of vegetables, meat and eggs, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-61019975\">BBC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1116.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"COVID-testing center.\" class=\"wp-image-21847419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1116.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1116.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1116.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nearly all of Shanghai\u2019s 26 million residents have been confined at home since last week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dave Tacon\/Polaris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1119.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Medical workers conduct COVID-19 tests for residents.\" class=\"wp-image-21847404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1119.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1119.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1119.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Shanghai aims to test, trace and centrally quarantine all people who test positive.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chen Si\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shanghai resident Lucy Lu, 41, said she and her parents had only received one food package handed out by local officials in the past 20 days, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0fb2d57e-92d3-4d26-a0b1-a681727b0515\">Financial Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She had started a group chat to buy milk but had to cancel the order after a neighborhood committee\u00a0declined to arrange couriers out of fear of infections.<\/p>\n<p>The government has acknowledged that there have been delays in distributing supplies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1117.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A health worker in full protective gear prepares to administer a COVID-19 test.\" class=\"wp-image-21847417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1117.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1117.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1117.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cPlease comply with COVID restrictions. Control your soul\u2019s desire for freedom,\u201d a drone message told residents.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dave Tacon\/Polaris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1115.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"An employee working at a makeshift hospital that will be used for COVID-19 patients in Shanghai. \" class=\"wp-image-21847424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1115.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1115.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-Covid-1115.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An employee at a makeshift hospital that will be used for COVID-19 patients in Shanghai. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CNS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is true there are some difficulties in ensuring the supply of daily necessities,\u201d said Liu Min, the deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, on Wednesday, the BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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