a freshly taped paper seal, a reminder not to leave. that is a very small portion of your reporting. how are you getting food and water and exercise and really basic life necessities, david? reporter: overall, it s just a bizarre existence right now. i have a covid guard posted in my community 24/7 to make sure we re not wandering out of our homes. as for food and water, i ve got a good, compared to many in this city in recent weeks. the food and water supply from my community, it s gotten much more consistent. still difficult to pick any kind of brands you want, but hey, you accept what you get and you keep close watch on your supplies. it s better in my community, because the pain here is relative. and it s dependent on where you live. some are still struggling. it s difficult for families. my neighbors here have little kids next door and these older shanghai communities, you re really having homes built with separate kitchen and outdoor living space, well, now they re
we see companies protecting the bottom line by putting people first. we see a bright future, still hungry for the ingenuity of those ready for the next challenge. today, we are translating decades of experience into strategies for the road ahead. we are morgan stanley. china s government going to extremes to keep people in lockdown as it attempts to stop the spread of the latest covid outbreak, even erecting fences in shanghai so people can t leave their homes. let s hear first-hand from cnn s david culver, who is in shanghai. david, good morning to you over there, evening here. you report that people in shanghai are essentially caged into their homes and neighborhoods now. what s up? reporter: hey, don. yeah, i thought the paper seal that was taped on our door was strange this has gone to a whole
sending me this image of what is on the other side of our door, a freshly taped paper seal. a reminder, not to leave. and if i managed to get, out there is now a covid guard posted day and night. [speaking foreign language] outside several apartment compounds, senses coming up. neighbor sharing images of new barriers on social media. listen to them howl from their balconies as they are further caged in. some finding work-arounds. buying their groceries through the added layer. others, desperately rattling locks. hoping to escape. and then there are those who managed to tear down the walls. for folks locked into their homes, seems like this is a terrifying reality. in an apartment in shanghai s business district, state media are quick to report that everyone got out safely. but it raises questions. might these covid barriers be more of a danger than the virus
the way to my terrace door here. we re lucky enough to get some fresh air outside. our community volunteer sending me this image of what s on the other side of our door. a freshly taped paper seal. a reminder not to leave. and if i manage to get out, there s now a covid guard posted day and night. outside several apartment compounds, fences going up. neighbors sharing shocking images of new barriers on social media. listen to them howl from their balconies as they re further caged in. some finding work-arounds, buying their groceries through the added layer. others desperately rattling locks, hoping to escape. and then there were those who managed to tear down the walls. for folks locked into their homes, scenes like this are a terrifying reality. an apartment fire over the weekend in shanghai s business district.
deaths in this latest outbreak. the municipal government in shanghai says the city will stay locked down until the spread is eliminated. david culver has more. reporter: if there was any hope officials here in shanghai were going to ease the lockdown restrictions, it s diminished by what we re seeing happening right now. social media videos are capturing work crews installing steel fences and blockades on public roads and inside residential compounds. now, they re using the roadblocks to keep people from traveling to other districts. and within the compounds, they re partitioning portions of housing to prevent people in buildings with reported positive cases of covid-19 from leaving. i ve got a lesser version of that on my door here. i have a paper seal taped on, and in my community there s a covid guard on duty 24/7 to make sure we don t wander out of our homes without permission. some folks now have these fences