Faced with an upsurge in contamination, Beijing is preparing for strict new containment.
51 people have died and 19 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours in Beijing. These figures, however very low, worry the Chinese government, which is preparing to take drastic new containment measures for its economic capital.
The rush in the supermarkets
Beijing residents rush to supermarkets to stock up on food and testing centers are stormed.
25 million inhabitants already cloistered in Shanghai
They fear a scenario like in Shanghai where the population has been living in hell since the beginning of April. 25 million people are cloistered under duress. Sometimes violent retaliatory measures are applied for those who try to free themselves from the confinement measures imposed.
Shanghai residents have difficulty accessing food and non-Covid care. Some are nervously exhausted and there are dozens of suicides.
Multiplication of massive screenings
Since the beginning of March, China has been facing an outbreak of the epidemic in almost the entire country. The country is applying a strategy of early containment and massive screening to try to eradicate the pandemic.