Beijing And Shanghai Tighten Covid Restrictions Triggering More Discontent From Residents

China enacted tighter pandemic restrictions in two of its biggest cities—Beijing and Shanghai—on Monday in a renewed push to quash out the spread of Covid-19 in the two cities even as it faces growing resentment among residents and weakened trade.AFP via Getty ImagesChina’s National Health Commission, Shanghai and Beijing added 49 and 3,947 new Covid-19 cases to their respective tallies on Monday.

New infections in the Chinese capital have largely remained steady, around 50 a day, while numbers have continued to decline in Shanghai. However, the financial hub has continued to report new cases outside designated quarantine zones, which has prevented authorities from fully relaxing lockdown measures that have been in place for nearly six weeks now.

Reuters, residents in at least four of Shanghai's 16 districts received notices that they will no longer be able to leave their homes or receive deliveries as the city works towards the goal of zero community infections.residents of in the city’s worst-hit districts—including its most populous district Chaoyang—to work from home while several roads, public transport routes and parks were shut down.

The stringent measures have triggered increased discontent among residents some of whom with suspected infections are forced to give up the keys to their homes and enter a centralized quarantine facility.

What's it that scares CCP leaders so much about SARS-CoV-2 that the rest of the world is unaware of? Or, is this simply an attempt to squeeze the global markets by disrupting supply chains?

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