Unnerved Shanghai residents brave stifling heat for mass COVID-19 tests

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SHANGHAI: Shanghai residents queued up in sweltering heat for compulsory mass testing for COVID-19 on Tuesday (Jul 12), as persistent small outbreaks fuelled anxiety in a city that is still recovering from th

for compulsory mass testing for COVID-19 on Tuesday , as persistent small outbreaks fuelled anxiety in a city that is still recovering from the painful two-month lockdown lifted a few weeks ago.

China's"dynamic zero-COVID" policy aims to eradicate all outbreaks promptly, against a global trend of co-existing with the virus. The world's No 2 economy already suffered severe damage from sweeping COVID-19 restrictions in the second quarter, affecting global supply chains and international trade.

But online chat groups used by residents to organise group purchases of basic necessities during the April-May lockdown have livened up again, with people swapping advice over what items were selling out in supermarkets. The prolonged isolation has left many mental scars on Shanghai residents, who lost income and struggled with access to basic goods. At times, the frustration led to rare bursts of public anger, with residents banging pots and pans out of their windows in protest.

 

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