SHANGHAI, April 20 — To prepare the 3,000-plus orders of vegetables, meat and essentials her Carrefour supermarket sends out every day to locked-in Shanghai residents, manager Zhang Wei wakes at 5am after a night in a sleeping bag on her office floor.
“There’s no time to rest, we’re busy all day, even during meals if the neighbourhood committee members turn up to pick up orders, or has a request, we will assist them immediately,” Zhang, told Reuters by video call, shortly before bedding down in her office after a 19-hour workday for a brief night’s sleep.
Shanghai is sticking with “closed loop” openings even as new case numbers trend down and it encourages more businesses, especially those in food service, to reopen — an arrangement that has limitations, since many workers are unable to leave their families and supply chains are disrupted. As the weeks pass, Zhang has noticed an increase in demand for necessities such as baby milk powder and adult diapers.
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