effectively contained. they know that the worst is still ahead. they don t think that cases have yet peaked and making contingency plans to turn the exhibition and convention hall into a makeshift hospital with 40,000 beds. you mentioned the 20% of the population that is now allowed to roam around the neighborhood. that s just less than 5 million people. shanghai is a city of 25 million. as we know the economic engine of china. so for 20 million other people, they re not allowed to leave their homes or leave their compounds. if they have not been a covid case in the neighborhood in the last seven days. if that s the case they go outside the door into the compound. but not beyond there. there s so many people still stuck inside their homes and has been the case since the end of last year. we talked about this scarcity of
president putin was doing that yesterday. if you look at the situation militarily on the ground, it s clear that this is not laying the groundwork for talks. just the news out in the last hour that no humanitarian corridors would be open today clearly shows that the offensive is ramping up. and russia even gave the sense earlier in the week president putin meeting with the austrian chancellor, didn t even respond according to an austrian official to the austrian chancellor s suggestion that zelenskyy would be willing to meet face-to-face. so it is clear he is really not in the mood for negotiations at the moment. and it s also clear when he says they re here helping people, he is not. this is helping nobody. clare, thank you. clare sebastian live in london. we ll take a short break. when we come back, though, the british prime minister fined for breaking the covid lockdown rules. but the political costs could be much higher. the partygate, the fallout and the reaction in a moment.
national health commission warns shanghai covid-19 out break has quote not been effectively contained. meanwhile shanghai police say residents who violate the lock down order will be punished. this comes as the city has partially lifted the lock down. for almost 20% of the population. the city reported more than 26,000 new locally transmitted cases on tuesday. with more than 240,000 new infections since march 1. cnn joining us now live from hong kong. good to see you. a health official warns shanghai covid out break isn t over yet. what s the latest on that and the partial easing of some restrictions. it s not over. today cases 26,000 is up a few thousand from yesterday. and look, as you heard from the national health commission saying that this hasn t been
welcome back, everyone. well, the british prime minister has apologized for breaking covid lockdown rules, but he denies doing doit on purpose. boris johnson and the exchequer rishi sunak received some of the dozens of fines issued by london s metropolitan police for attending illegal parties in government buildings during lockdowns. one of those gatherings was held on the prime minister s birthday. he and his wife say they have both paid their fines and the amounts have not been revealed. boris johnson has so far deflected demands for his resignation. and amongst all these engagements on a day that happened to be my birthday, there was a brief gathering in the cabinet room shortly after 2:00 p.m., lasting for less than ten minutes. during which people i work with kindly passed on their good wishes.