Shanghai government workers erected metal barriers in multiple districts to block off streets and entrances to apartment complexes in line with China's strict 'zero-covid' approach.
China reported 21,796 new community transmitted COVID-19 infections on Sunday, with the vast majority being asymptomatic cases in Shanghai. Across the country, many cities and provinces have enforced some version of a lockdown in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.
The latest outbreak, driven by the highly contagious omicron variant, has spread nationwide, but has been particularly large in Shanghai. The city, a financial hub with 25 million residents, has counted hundreds of thousands of cases but fewer than 100 deaths since the outbreak began nearly two months ago.
A woman lifts her child to get a COVID-19 test at a private mobile coronavirus testing facility, Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Beijing., with some expressing anger over the measures. The barriers are meant to leave main roads unblocked, Caixin reported.
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