cnn also living through the shanghai lockdown. outside my door only a paper seal, a guard sits on watch in my compound much like the rest of the city exhausted by the extreme containment efforts. here the white hazmat suit is the uniform of authority the enforcers, so much so this compound using it as a scare crow to keep people in check. since 2022 chinese authorities turned relentless lockdowns to contain covid and more than two dozen cities across china are living in full or partial lockdowns some border cities in month s long lockdowns with outside barely paying attention. in shanghai demand for quarantine space rising with the case count, exhibition centers, gyms, classrooms and entire office buildings taken over to isolate cases and close contacts. and those trapped in their homes
here the white hazmat suit is the symbol of enforcement, using it as a scare crow to keep people in check. since 2020 chinese authorities have turned to harsh lockdowns in hopes of containing covid. right now people in more than two dozen cities across china are living in full or partial lockdowns. some border cities have been in months-long lockdowns, with outsiders barely paying attention. in shanghai, demand for government quarantine space is rising with the case count, exhibition centers, gyms, classrooms, entire office buildings all taken over to isolate positive cases and close contacts. and those trapped in their homes banging pots to vent their anger. one woman heard screaming [ screaming ] reporter: give me back my freedom. and david joins me from
there is a challenge there. and we take a lot of inspiration from the national weather service. if there is a storm coming, the national weather service does not say barometric pressure is dropping because as a regular person it s hard to know what to make of that. the weather service has invested a lot of research and development to trying different communication models. now they say things like small trees will be uprooted and debris could break windows. they ve done that deliberately. we plan to embark on that process as well to ensure that our communications are really meeting the moment and reaching people with the messages they need to hear. help me through that. what does that mean in terms of the language of covid that might change from our government or your forecasting center? we talked a lot when doing this, going up the case count. what do we do now? now we re in a much better place when we come down. hospitalizations again, way, way up if we go back in time, in a bette
now, there is a lot of skepticism and doubt over the official numbers with regards to case count and deaths. there was in wuhan, kate, and similar to when we covered the initial outbreak relying on anecdotal evidence. people have been sharing on social media of loved ones dying in shanghai from covid and yet for several weeks the government kept the death count at zero. only a few days ago they started to adjust it. when they adjust it it points to the delicate balance they are trying to make. they want to show on one side there are heavy measures that are effective but at the same time they need to indicate the virus is serious and deadly enough to merit the lockdown. otherwise people will say why are we in the midst of this. thank you so much. outfront for us next, ukraine s farmers fighting for survival as putin s invasion closes in and causes an