’Nobody’s allowed to leave’: Inside Shanghai’s brutal COVID lockdown

Shanghai resident and Dutch journalist Jaap Grolleman says it is hard to tell when the city’s strict lockdown will end as the authorities are “very set“ on achieving a COVID zero target. The populous Chinese city of Shanghai has had its lockdown tightened just as restrictions were set to be eased in some regions. Multiple districts in the city were issued notices ordering residents not to leave their homes or receive deliveries for at least a week.