people who are going back and forth with community volunteers and shouting and screaming. it shows you where emotions are at this point. and for my community and several others, it s been longer than a month. we re now at day 44. and is there any timeline on this? how long are you stuck in your apartment for? so, i was just looking at one of the state media articles once again today saying that shanghai is going to ease restrictions, calling this a major step in lifting lockdowns. but anderson, we have been seeing reports like this now for at least a couple weeks. people really aren t buying it. there s a roadmap to get out of this, and that is communities had to go 14 straight days without any new case. what s been happening is folks have been getting closer and closer to that day 14. suddenly a new case pops up and the committee says, you re going to stay in lockdown for another two weeks. so, it s community based. david culver, i appreciate what you re going through.
directive straight from the top. president xi jinping wants it stomped out. they are under way to make 100 makeshift hospitals. they have capacity forum to 160,000 people. sounds impressive. state media portraying it as an orderly, sterile environment. but the reality from folks on the ground shows cramped and unsanitary conditions. they will begin lifting lockdowns on certain neighborhoods. the thing is not nearly enough will be lifted and folks freed to bring the city back to life any time soon. david, before i let you go, just to clarify, you are shut in? there is a barrier keeping you from going to the food market? reporter: a piece of paper, yeah. the food market is not even open. they are also locked down. i can t go outside. if i did do it, i would break
president xi jinping wants the virus stopped out. so there is a military underway to make more than 100 makeshift hospitals that will have the capacity to hold more than 160,000 people. it sounds impressive. and the state media is portraying it as such. and considering it to be a very orderly and sterile environment. but the reality from folks on the ground shows cramped and unsanitary conditions. so how does this all end and when? well officials on monday announced plans to begin lifting lockdowns on certain neighborhoods. but not nearly enough to bring this city back to life any time soon. victor. that is remarkable. david culver for us there in shanghai. french president will face far right candidate and putin admirer marine le pen in a second round of presidential election there. macron is a centrist and he and le pen were the top two candidates. 12 ran for president in all.
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