'I just want to help': Amid chaos, Shanghai residents band together during Covid-19 lockdown

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SHANGHAI - Four days into a coronavirus lockdown in her Shanghai neighbourhood, Ms Ding Tingting began to worry about the old man who lived alone in the apartment below her.

She knocked on his door and found that his food supply was dwindling and that he didn't know how to go online to buy more.

The officials have doled out special passes for the sick to seek medicine and other necessities during lockdown. Many don't use smartphones and are not on WeChat or any of China's dozens of online shopping apps that make modern life convenient."I really see the struggle of some of the seniors," said Mr Danli Zhou, who is part of an ad hoc group of volunteers in his upscale neighbourhood in the centre of the city.During one of his shifts, Mr Zhou said he knocked on the door of an old man who appeared to be struggling to speak.

Among Shanghai's tens of thousands of new volunteers, a sense of community has grown in a sprawling metropolis with more residents than any other city in China, and where most are used to anonymity. Ms Mao soon got a call from a middle-aged volunteer who lived above her in her building, who said he wanted to check in on her.

These groups have helped transfer pets to temporary homes or foster care services when owners test positive and provided tips on how to walk dogs on a balcony.Ms Akiko Li, a volunteer at an animal rights group, helped find a home for a white-haired, blue-eyed cat named Guaiguai when its owner contacted her in a panic.

 

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