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.
leading destination for foreign talent. but after nearly a month of harsh lockdown measures, and more than two years of relentless border controls, more and more foreign nationals are great to get out. especially, for us international people, it feel like different city like we are going back in time basically. reporter: in online chat groups, we found dozens of over ex-pats trying to leave. one person writing china used to have it all. it is just not the ex-pat friend hi place it used to be. this person saying the first four and a half years were just incredible. shanghai just isn t the same anymore. but josh vaughn has got too much invested in his company. i worked so hard on this. i put everything i have preparing myself for this season and it is almost like a make us or break us moment. shaping shanghai s future, leavening holes increasingly