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Shanghai residents in local lockdown confront hazmat-clad officials

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Residents stuck inside a compound hit by a virus outbreak shout at hazmat clad officials nearly a week after Shanghai's much vaunted reopening, as fears grow that some city neighbourhoods are swiftly returning to lockdown. In downtown Xuhui district, about a dozen people in one fenced-off housing compound shouting angrily at hazmat-clad officials.

Added on the 06/06/2022 16:30:42 - Copyright : AFP EN

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