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Chickens on the roofs, meat in the trunk and empty shelves in supermarkets. This was the scene in the city of Chengduafter China decreed, this Thursday, a total isolation, within the framework of the “Covid-zero” strategy that the country has adopted. The decision was made after health authorities detected more than 700 cases of the disease in the last week.
The confinement forced everyone residents to stay home from 6 p.m. last Thursday. Citizens can only go out under certain circumstances, one of them is to get tested for Covid-19, and the city has already announced that it will carry out a massive test.
If citizens test negative, they will be able to go shopping, but only one member of each household can go. In case of a medical emergency, residents can also leave the house, but they will need to request prior authorization.
The confinement implies that all businesses are closed, returning to mandatory teleworking. Only supermarkets, pharmacies and hospitals remain open, and restaurants can only operate in put off.
Although some businesses remain open, several residents panic, food hoarding. Some photos, shared on social networks, display images such as someone trapping several chickens on the roof of a car.
With 21 million inhabitants, Chengdu is one of the largest cities to be completely closed in China. The last was Shanghai, which departed in June from a lockdown that paralyzed the metropolis of 25 million inhabitants.
Source: Observadora
