The inhabitants of Jingan must remain confined to their homes until at least Tuesday, time to carry out a massive campaign of screening for COVID-19.
Le Monde with Reuters
In Jingan, an important shopping district of the center of Shanghai, it was ordered on Saturday May 21, the inhabitants to stay confined to their homes until at least Tuesday, the time to carry out a massive COVvin screening campaign -19. Shops and supermarkets must close during this period.
All the exit permits distributed so far to the inhabitants to allow them to leave their homes are suspended, said the authorities of the neighborhood, without providing specific reason.
The city of Shanghai had announced the “progressive” reopening of shops as of Monday, May 16. China, which has faced its worst epidemic outbreak in recent weeks in recent years, has put the immense metropolis under the bell, in the contagion. Some of the 25 million inhabitants of Shanghai were however already confined to home before this date.