strategy turning millions into virtual prisoners across the nation. outside beijing, these residents forced to hand over their apartment keys so counity workers can lock tm in from the outside. for those who wrefuse, crews drill holes to chain the doors shut. in the north aen province, no need for a lock. workers installing steel bars to keep people from leaving the building. right now across china, at least 27 cities are under full or partial lockdown. cnn s calculation estimating that directly impacts up to 180 million people more than half the u.s. population. for over two years anyway, china s covid containment has become more extreme. fracturing everyday life. in shenzhen, a city not under lockdown, babies kept off the subway. the reason? they didn t have negative-covid test results.
gradually falling but daily case counts do remain fairly high and millions are still under a strict lock down. including cnn reporter. with a report from shanghai. lock down in china is like nowhere else on earth. here you see a man getting swabbed for a covid test through the fence. using a megaphone, healthcare workers call for others to get tested. the country s zero covid strategy turning millions into virtual prisoners across the nation. outside of beijing, these are residents forced to hand over apartment keys. so community workers can lock them in from the outside. for those who refuse, crews drill holes to chain the doors shut. in northeast province no need nor a lock. workers installing steel bars to keep people from leaving the building. right now across china, at least 27 cities are under full or
lockdowns and the country s zero policy measures are barely able to keep up with the spread. david culver reports from shanghai where he along with millions of other chinese citizens remain under strict lockdown. reporter: lockdown in china is like nowhere else on earth. here you see a man getting swabbed for a covid test through the fence. using a megaphone, healthcare workers call for others to get tested. the country s zero covid strategy, turning millions into virtual prisoners across the nation. outside of beijing, these residents forced to hand over their apartment keys so community workers can lock them in from the outside. for those who refuse, crews drill holes to chain the doors shut. in northeastern province, no need for a lock. workers installing steel bars to keep people from leaving the building. right now across china, at least 27 cities are under full or
the fence. health care workers call for others to get tested through a mega phone. the company s zero covid strategy turning millions into virtual prisoners across the nation. in beijing, these residents forced to hand over apartment keys so community workers can lock them in from the outside. for those who refuse, crews drill holes to chain the door shut. in northeast province, no need to have a lock, workers installing steel bars to keep people from leaving. cnn is estimating up to 180 million people are impacted. more than half the u.s. population. for over two years now, china s covid containment has become more extreme. fracturing everyday life. in a city not under lockdown,