Those tested positive and taken to quarantine centres. one man detailed what he saw first hand on social media. translation: a lot of- the old people have underlying health problems, and the conditions inside quarantine centres are not good. we hope the elderlies can be sent to better hospitals. in the five weeks i ve been locked down you can t step outside the gates it s shanghai s most vulnerable who ve suffered the most. almost all the official dead are elderly and unvaccinated. china s leaders insist that still chasing zero covid is the right thing. the enforcement has been harsh at times. some people barricaded into their homes. 0r forced out of them. communities fenced off. but xijinping has made it clear there s no change. the man in charge of china s
After more than a month of strict lockdown, authorities in shanghai are beginning to gradually ease covid restrictions. the number of new cases is falling, but thousands of people remain in government run quarantine facilities. the bbc has seen evidence of people in their 90s, some even 100 years old, who ve been moved out of their homes after testing positive. robin brant reports from shanghai, where he s still in lockdown. it s taken more than a month, but now shanghai s leaders think this outbreak is contained. so, it s time for a mass clean up. disinfection by an army of workers, thousands of them, before a gradual opening up. but the brutal war against covid has left a scarred city. people as old as 100 were among those tested positive and taken to quarantine centres. one man detailed what he saw first hand on social media.
It s taken more than a month, but now shanghai s leaders think this outbreak is contained. so, it s time for a mass clean up. disinfection by an army of workers, thousands of them, before a gradual opening up. but the brutal war against covid has left a scarred city. people as old as 100 were among those tested positive and taken to quarantine centres. one man detailed what he saw first hand on social media. translation: a lot of- the old people have underlying health problems, and the conditions inside quarantine centres are not good. we hope the elderlies can be sent to better hospitals. in the five weeks i ve been locked down you can t step outside the gates it s shanghai s most vulnerable who ve suffered the most. almost all the official dead are elderly and unvaccinated. china s leaders insist that still chasing zero covid
One man detailed what he saw first hand on social media. translation: a lot of the old people have underlying health problems. - and the conditions inside quarantine centres are not good. we hope the elderly can be sent to better hospitals. in the five weeks i ve been locked down, you can t step outside the gates. it s shanghai s most vulnerable, who ve suffered the most. almost all the official dead are elderly and unvaccinated. china s leaders insist that still chasing zero covid is the right thing. the enforcement has been harsh at times. some people barricaded into their homes, or forced out of them. communities fenced off. but xijinping has made it clear there s no change. the man in charge of china s ruling communist party believes persistence is victory. this is now a test of china s way