Covid-19: first deaths in Shanghai since the start of containment

Published on: 04/18/2022 – 04:45 Three elderly people with underlying illnesses have succumbed to Covid-19 in Shanghai, we learned on Monday. The city has been subject to extremely strict confinement since the end of March. China reported on Monday April 18 three deaths from Covid-19 in Shanghai, the first officially announced since the start of containment at the end of March in the Chinese economic capital. The Asian giant, which follows a zero Covid strategy, has not officially recorded so far only 4,641 deaths related to the coronavirus, initially discovered on its soil at the end of 2019. underlying diseases. The two previous deaths announced in China had been announced in mid-March in Jilin province (northeast), bordering North Korea. Supply problems Shanghai is the scene of the worst viral contagion in China since the start of the epidemic, with tens of thousands of new cases announced daily. Its 25 million inhabitants have been placed in strict confinement since the end of March, many of them complaining e among other supply problems. With AFP