China back and forth: New lockdown after coronavirus restrictions lifted

Maybe yesterday the international agencies were playing that China is back to normal and resume activities after lockdownbut the same is not true today

Shanghai and Beijing return to alert today coronavirus as parts of China’s largest financial center began to impose new restrictions on lockdown, while the most populous district of the Chinese capital closed the entertainment venues.

Both cities had recently eased their anti-COVID measures following a reduction in new cases. However, the country adheres to the policy of zero COVID cases, which aims to break the transmission chains as soon as possible.

Authorities in Shanghai’s Minhang district, home to more than 2 million people, said today they would conduct a test for all residents on June 11 and instructed citizens to stay in their homes during this period.

Two days home, 12 with constant test

Authorities and other areas of the city announced that from today the residents will go through two days of restriction and another 12 days of repeated tests.

Residents in at least three neighborhoods are expected to stay home by Saturday and complete five rounds of mandatory tests ending June 23, according to announcements.

Many of them were in the central Sukhoi area, where green roadblocks have appeared in the past week, blocking citizens from their homes and causing a public outcry again.

According to the online media The Paper, one of the outbursts in Sukhoi is located in a well-known beauty center in the city, which reopened on June 1 when the lockdown in Shanghai was relaxed. Three staff members tested positive for COVID-19, the company announced today. The store had received 502 customers from 15 of the city’s 16 districts in the past eight days, according to the announcement.

“When will this end?”, Commented a user on the Weibo platform. “I just want a normal life.”

Zero case policy

While the infection rate in China is very low compared to many other countries, which have now chosen to live with the virus, the government insists on the Covid zero-case policy to protect the elderly and the health system and has warned that it will not tolerate comments or actions doubt or go against its policy.

China has announced 240 new cases of coronavirus for June 8, of which 70 are asymptomatic and 170 are symptomatic, the National Health Commission announced today.

Authorities in Chaoyang, an area of ​​Beijing with a population of more than 3 million, today ordered the closure of entertainment venues and internet cafes.

The duration of two months lockdown in Shanghai, the closure of many shopping malls and other venues in Beijing, as well as travel restrictions imposed on many other Chinese cities in recent months, have hit the Chinese economy hard, disrupted supply chains and slowed international trade.

Authorities want to revive the business and began easing restrictions in May, which helped Chinese exports double this month, exceeding estimates.

In Shanghai, China’s most cosmopolitan area and the largest business center, officials are also trying to re-establish relations with foreign companies by holding numerous meetings with business executives and easing restrictions on foreign workers, according to the APE.

The Shanghai Disney Resort, which has been closed since May 21, has announced that some venues will open from tomorrow, but Disneyland’s main park, Disneytown, and two hotels will remain closed until further notice.