major symptoms and is now isolating. it s unclear where he contracted the virus, but he has attended several public events recently, including the gridiron club dinner washington on april 2nd. more than 60 people who were at that dinner have now tested positive for the virus, and that includes key officials like the u.s. attorney general and the speaker of the house nancy pelosi. meantime, in china, officials say the best way to fight surging covid infections is in their words to stay the course with the strict covid policy. now so far that s meant multiple rounds of testing and the entire city of shanghai as well as mandatory quarantine and government centers for anyone testing positive. residents aren t happy with the measures with reports of protests and shortages around the city. despite this, officials are ordering additional covid testing. because of the severity of shanghai s covid outbreak, we
restrictions on movement for the entire city of shanghai, as well as mandatory quarantine in government centers for anyone testing positive. but residents are not happy with the measures, with reports of protests and food shortages around the city. despite this, officials are ordering additional covid testing. translator: because of the severity of shanghai s covid outbreak, we ve already conducted several rounds of mass testing at this stage. now it s necessary to improve our strategy. we have a general overview of the situation, but we cannot say it is crystal clear. so further testing is needed until the situation gains more clarity. cnn s anna coren joins me now live from hong kong with more. good to see you, anna. so this extended lockdown across shanghai has been pretty tough on everyone, hasn t it? and now many are pushing back. what efforts are under way to ensure residents receive the food, water, and medical supplies that they need at this time?
parliament is listening to address to the president vladimir zelenskyy. a live report from seoul in just a few minutes with the details of the message that he s giving out there. do stay with us for that. officials in shanghai say they ll start to ease covid lockdown measures starting a day. allowing residents in covid free areas to start moving around areas more freely. this comes amid days of soaring infections and growing frustrations among its residents over the tough restrictions. shanghai has stuck to china s zero covid policy with multiple rounds of testing and restrictions on movement. as well as mandatory with anyone testing positive. and the current joins us from hong kong with more on releasing the frustrations boil up on social media, haven t we? yes, that s right max. there s a video circulating online. we cannot independently verify it. we should add, however, it shows a protests happening at a
this is not unexpected that you are going to see an up tick when you pull back on the mitigation. this is not going to be eradicated or eliminated. what will happen is we re going to see that each individual is going to have to make their calculation of the amount of risk they want to take. meantime in china, officials say the best way to fight surging covitd infections is stay the course. with the strict zero covid policy. so far, that s meant multiple round of testing and restrictions on movement for the entire city of shanghai. as well as mandatory quarantine in government centers for anyone testing positive. residents aren t happy with the measures of course. with reports of protests and food shortages, despite this, officials are ordering additional covid testing. because of the severity of the out break, we have conducted several rounds of mass testing at this stage. now it s necessary to improve
amount of risk that they want to take. very clear, this virus isn t going anywhere. meantime, in china, officials say the best way to fight surging covid infections is stay the course with a strict zero covid policy. so far, that s meant multiple rounds of testing and restrictions for movement of the entire city of shanghai, as well as mandatory quarantine in government centers for anyone testing positive. residents, of course, aren t happy with the measures, especially that there are reports of protests and food shortages right around the city. despite this, officials are ordering additional covid testing. reporter: because of the severity of shanghai s covid outbreak, we ve already conducted several rounds of mass testing at this stage, now it s necessary to improve strategy. we have a general over view of the situation, but cannot say if it s crystal clear, so further testing is needed until the situation gains more clarity. cnn s anna coren joins me now