Shanghai says it has detected no new daily Covid cases outside quarantine areas.
. Some, struggling to find food and other daily necessities, have shown rare public opposition to the government’s stringent controls.
“Shanghai has finally reached zero at the community level!!! May Shanghai wake up as soon as possible!!,” said one post. “There is hope that we can be released after the May holiday,” said another. On Saturday, health authorities said there were close to 16,000 sealed-off areas in Shanghai, with more than 4 million people prevented from leaving their homes. A further 5.4 million people were blocked from leaving their compounds.
China’s factory activity in April shrank at the fastest in 26 months to the lowest since the early months of the pandemic, first detected in central China, as lockdowns halted industrial production and disrupted supply chains. The data released on Saturday raised fears of a sharp slowdown in the second quarter that will weigh on global growth.
Compounding frustrations in both cities, officials have provided no timeline or strategy for returning to some semblance of normality.
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