world when citizens started to revolt against these draconian lockdowns that were this place, people were out protesting, they were angry, and the same thing happening in china. people are protesting with their social media posts, sharing outrage and anger and frustration, whether that they can t get access to medical supplies or food or terrified that they will be sent to a government quarantine facility just because somebody in their building on the same floor of them tested positive. and we have a video from shanghai showing police standing in front of the door of an apartment telling residents that they will have to go for five days in to a government guarantee because someone on the same floor tested positive and yet none of those other people were confirmed close contacts. how many times are neighbors going in and out of each other s apartments? and when everybody is sent to quarantine, you have health workers reportedly coming in and disinfecting people s homes, disturbing famil
every single positive covid case and close contact goes to a government quarantine facility with no exceptions. and it s not just shanghai. omicron has led to outbreaks across the country. more than a dozen cities have gone under some sort of lockdowns or restrictions. even now starting to affect beijing, the capital city. they reported more than 60 cases since friday in what officials are calling a grim and grim and urgent outbreak. this is the capital, this is critical. this is critical to the country and they are now barring some residents from leaving their area. they are also mass testing in the largest district. beijing residents have started to stockpile food. they are worried things could turn for the worst. even though the strategy has stopped china from reporting the explosion in deaths you have seen in other parts of the world, many more are questioning whether or not the strategy is worth the trade-off. laura? a lot of questions about that strategy. all right, selena, t
since the full city was put on a full covid lockdown. reported 11 new deaths and nearly 18,000 new cases, bringing the total to almost 450,000 cases. as china battles its biggest covid wave yet, their zero covid strategy is taking its biggest toll on residents and expats with no clear idea on when the lockdown will be lifted. reporter: test positive for covid-19 in shanghai, and chinese officials want you out of your home and sent to a government quarantine facility, assuming there s space. there s nowhere for them to send me. i m not allowed to go in the hospital, and i have to stay here. reporter: american josh vine taken in early april to a pop-up tent outside a shanghai hospital. this is supposed to be like a nice hospital, and this is where i m sleeping tonight. reporter: china s zero covid policy requires every positive case and close contact to be
how they go. thanks so much. frustrations boiling over, as residents of shapg high have been lockdown for weeks now, thanks to china s zero-covid policy and it is taking a massive toll on residents and ex-pats with no clear end on when the lockdown will be lifted. the government reported 11 more deaths on thursday. david culver with the details. reporter: test positive for covid-19 in shanghai? and chinese officials want you out of your home and sent to a government-quarantine facility, assuming there is space. there is nowhere for them to send me. i am not allowed to go in the hospital. and i have to day stay here. reporter: manner josh vaughn taken to a pop-up tent outside a shanghai hospital. this is supposed to be like a nice hospital. and this this is where i was
in the latest outbreak-let local officials recorded more than 11,000, bringing the total infections to nearly 450,000, but some will raising questions about the authenticity of government statistics. they say shanghai s death variant is a lot lower than other countries and frustrations are boiling over, as residents have been on lockdown for weeks with no clear end in sight. david culver has details. reporter: test positive for covid-19 in shanghai, and chinese officials want you out of your home and sent to a government-quarantine facility, assuming there is space. there is nowhere for them to send me. i am not allowed to go in the hospital and i have to stay here. reporter: american josh vaughn taken in early april to a pop-up tent outside a shanghai hospital. this is supposed to be like a nice hospital and this this is where i was sleeping tonight.