Panic buying in Beijing as residents anticipate lockdown amid mass Covid-19 testing

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BEIJING - Ms Wang Yue, 41, is ready if the Covid-19 situation in Beijing takes a turn for the worse and the Chinese capital gets put on lockdown.

An entrepreneur with a seven-year-old daughter, she has been stocking up on rice, frozen food and other necessities since the pandemic began two years ago and now has enough supplies for the family to last six months.

The news sparked panic buying as long snaking queues formed around temporary Covid-19 test booths around the city. The authorities have ordered residents in housing estates surrounding a middle school where the original batch of cases was discovered last Friday to be confined at home.Shanghai has been under lockdown since the start of this month, and the measure has largely left the financial hub crippled, with residents unable to leave their homes and struggling to get food supplies, basic necessities and medical care.

She also said that she expected more restrictive measures in the capital because of the current"political environment". This is a sensitive year for the top Chinese leader as he is widely expected to seek an unprecedented third term in power later this year.

 

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