Residents have been forced from their homes as apartments are turned into quarantine centres.
Video has emerged of clashes between police and people being forced out of their homes in Shanghai, as the city enters a third week of Covid lockdown.Millions are confined to their homes as Shanghai battles a fresh outbreak of the virus. Anyone who tests positive is placed in quarantine.The city in recent weeks has converted exhibition halls and schools into quarantine centres, and set up makeshift hospitals.
People have to order in food and water and wait for government drop-offs of vegetables, meat and eggs, and analysts say many are running low on supplies. They're angry about a local school being turned into another quarantine facility. Police with riot shields forced them off the streets in the end.Meanwhile the Chinese government has sent teams to the city to help more than 660 companies in key sectors of the economy such as semiconductor and car manufacturing to resume production, reports state media.
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