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Shanghai happens to be the financial capital of China and the city is now shattered due to the new variant of Covid-19 and is in lockdown. The people are struggling for food and videos surfaced online where the residents have been screaming from their apartments and houses. More than 18 million residents faced mandatory tests in Guanhzhou. Shanghai reported more than 26,000 cases in a day which is huge. A video clip of the screaming went viral and it garnered more than 4.9 million views. A user shared the footage of a drone appearing and imposing the coronavirus restrictions and the people are asked not to open their windows.

China is currently witnessing the biggest and deadliest ever coronavirus outbreak after the Covid-19 attacked the mankind. Shanghai has 25 million residents and it is quite difficult to distribute the food and medicine for the people in the city. There are three risk categories and restrictions as per the spread of the Covid-19. There are talks that the restrictions are lifted in some of the regions of the city from today. Even after mass testing, there are talks that the virus moved beyond Shanghai before the lockdown was implemented. There are talks that the Chinese government is also in plans to implement lockdowns in other cities depending on the spread of the coronavirus.

By Siva Kumar