Shanghai Battles Food Shortages Under Strict Virus Lockdown
Newsy
People in China's business district are complaining that grocers are run dry and government officials are slow to get them supplies during lockdown.
Residents of Shanghai are struggling to get meat, rice and other food supplies under anti-coronavirus controls that confine most of its 25 million people in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.
People in China's business capital complain online grocers often are sold out. Some received government food packages of meat and vegetables for a few days. But with no word on when they will be allowed out, anxiety is rising.
Shanghai highlights the soaring human and economic cost of China's “zero-COVID” strategy that aims to isolate every infected person.
