The first lockdown phase lasted on March 28 in the areas located east and south of the Huangpu River. Pudong, Fengxian, Jinshan, and Chongming districts, and several areas of Minhang and Songjiang.
The second phase came into effect at 3 am today and will last until 3 am on April 5 in areas west of the Huangpu River. Xuhui, Huangpu, and Jiading districts.
The operation of public and private traffic shut. The bridges over the river are also close for the lockdown period.
On Tuesday, the city’s authorities said that more than 8.26 million residents were screen.
Chinese mainland reported 1,787 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the National Health Commission said on Friday.
Previously, Shanghai had managed its smaller previous outbreaks with limited lockdowns of housing compounds and workplaces where the virus reported to be spreading.
Last month, China has faced its worst outbreak since the coronavirus was first detected in Wuhan. From March 1 to 24.The country had reported 56,000 infections more than the total cases in Wuhan two years ago.
The number of coronavirus cases and deaths reported by the Chinese authorities since the beginning of the pandemic in late 2019 is consider a tiny fraction of the real figures.
Beijing admitting to just over 1,00,000 total cases prior to the current surge.