Panicked shoppers rushed for the exits at an Ikea branch in Shanghai after health authorities ordered the store to lock down after a close contact of a COVID-19 case was traced to the location. 7NEWS
In a press briefing on Sunday, Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai Health Commission, said the “store and affected area” would be under “closed loop” management for two days.
The Ikea store in Shanghai’s Xuhui district was temporarily closed on Sunday and Monday in response to “epidemic prevention guidelines” from the authorities and would reopen on Tuesday, Ikea’s China communications team told CNN. Relying on mobile technology and big data, the Chinese government uses a colour-based “health code” system to control people’s movements and curb the spread of the virus.
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