of a key supreme court ruling. shanghai residents face more covid 19 restrictions as china tries to crush an outbreak. millions have now been locked in their homes for seven weeks we are restricted on the food we can get over the next few days. no commercial deliveries, no group buys just government approved food deliveries. there s also further restrictions on access to the hospitals. and a passenger with no idea how to fly is given instructions to land a plane in florida, after the pilot fell ill. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. ukrainian forces have been retaking a number of towns and villages, pushing russian infantry and artillery back towards the border. the fighting, which has led to a dramatic fall in russian shelling of kharkiv, has been slow and costly but ukrainian forces, say they now have the upper hand. kharkiv is just a0 kilometres from the russian border, and the russians retreat coul
authorities in shanghai are further restricting access to hospitals and food as the city enters the most severe phase of its extended lockdown. some neighbours of confirmed covid i9 cases and others living close by are also being forced into government quarantine facilities as officials push ahead with enhanced measures that they think will stop the spread of 0micron. from shanghai robin brant has more. this was initially a lockdown that was supposed to last four days. we re now into its seventh week. this does feel, frankly, like the darkest time. we are seeing, as well, some of the most extreme measures imposed as the authorities try to contain the spread and try to get towards their target of what they re calling societal zero so no new cases emerging outside of quarantine. now here, we are restricted on the food we can get over the next few days.
confirmed covid i9 cases and others living close by are also being forced into government quarantine facilities as officials push ahead with enhanced measures that they think will stop the spread of omicron. from shanghai, robin brant has more. this was initially a lockdown that was supposed to last four days. we re now into its seventh week. this does feel, frankly, like the darkest time. we are seeing, as well, some of the most extreme measures imposed as the authorities try to contain the spread and try to get towards their target of what they re calling societal zero so no new cases emerging outside of quarantine. now here, we are restricted on the food we can get over the next few days. no commercial deliveries, no group buys just government approved food deliveries. there s also further restrictions on access to the hospitals anyone needing anything other than emergency care
covid i9 cases and others living close by are also being forced into government quarantine facilities as officials push ahead with enhanced measures that they think will stop the spread of omicron. from shanghai robin brant has more. this was initially a lockdown that was supposed to last four days. we re now into its seventh week. this does feel, frankly, like the darkest time. we are seeing, as well, some of the most extreme measures imposed as the authorities try to contain the spread and try to get towards their target of what they re calling societal zero so no new cases emerging outside of quarantine. now here, we are restricted on the food we can get over the next few days. no commercial deliveries, no group buys just government approved food deliveries. there s also further restrictions on access to the hospitals