On Camera, Shanghai Residents Clash With Police Over Virus Policy

Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago.

Shanghai residents scuffled with hazmat-suited police ordering them to surrender their homes to Covid-19 patients, videos on social media showed, providing a rare glimpse into rising discontent in the megacity over China's inflexible virus response. Apr 14, at Naxi International Community in #Shanghai, police crackdown on and evict residents so that their homes can be used as #Quarantine site for #Covid_19#CCPChina#CCPViruspic.twitter.com/EdOAcB1xgG

Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago, rattling the country's adherence to a strict zero-Covid policy.

Residents locked down since early April have complained of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing them into state quarantine, as authorities rush to construct tens of thousands of beds to house Covid-19 patients with daily infections topping 20,000.

Late Thursday, videos circulated on social media showing residents outside a compound shouting at ranks of officials holding shields labelled "police", as the officers tried to break through their line.