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Added on the 20/04/2022 04:28:27 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Residents queue for Covid tests in Shanghai's city centre as the government imposes strict restrictions on the Chinese city to curb the spread of an Omicron outbreak.
Beijing residents queue for Covid tests as China faces its worst outbreak since the peak of the first wave in early 2020. The capital city is sealing off whole neighbourhoods where handfuls of cases have been detected, while eastern Shanghai is recording dozens of daily deaths. IMAGES
Workers in PPE test residents, including elderly and children, in a locked-down Shanghai residential district. Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago, rattling the country's adherence to a strict zero-Covid policy. Residents locked down since early April have complained of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing them into state quarantine, as authorities rush to construct tens of thousands of beds to house Covid-19 patients with daily infections topping 20,000. IMAGES
Residents in Shanghai take Covid tests while under lockdown. China reported over 20,000 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally given since the start of the pandemic, with Shanghai the heart of the virus surge despite being in lockdown. IMAGES
Beijing residents queue for Covid-19 tests as China battles a new outbreak of the virus. People have been advised not to leave the city unless necessary, although regular transport services out of Beijing continue as normal. China reported 39 new cases on Monday, bringing the tally from the latest Delta variant-linked outbreak to more than 100 cases over the past week.
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