China - Shanghai Residents Reportedly Seen Screaming From Windows Amid Complete Lockdown

While the Indian government is easing all Covid-19 restrictions and life has got back to normal for us, this is not the case in China. The Chinese government has imposed strict lockdown rules amid rising Covid-19 cases in the country and it is absolutely brutal. 

People are falling short of food and water supplies, with many said to be on the brink of starvation.

Amid this, a video from Shanghai is doing the rounds where desperate and exasperated people are screaming out of their windows and balconies as people run out of necessary goods. 

What the?? This video taken yesterday in Shanghai, China, by the father of a close friend of mine. She verified its authenticity: People screaming out of their windows after a week of total lockdown, no leaving your apartment for any reason. pic.twitter.com/iHGOO8D8Cz

— Patrick Madrid ✌🏼 (@patrickmadrid) April 9, 2022

After this, authorities allegedly deployed drones that broadcast the message: “Control the soul’s desire for freedom and do not open the window to sing. This behaviour has the risk of spreading the epidemic.”

As seen on Weibo: Shanghai residents go to their balconies to sing & protest lack of supplies. A drone appears: “Please comply w covid restrictions. Control your soul’s desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing.” https://t.co/0ZTc8fznaV pic.twitter.com/pAnEGOlBIh

— Alice Su (@aliceysu) April 6, 2022

This is not the only instance where people in China are pushing themselves out of desperate need. Riots are breaking out in the country. Videos showed a large group of people raising slogans and cornering officials wearing hazmat suits, before looting a supermarket.

The situation in Shanghai is scary. Reports of millions struggling to feed themselves, elderly unable to access medicine, videos of small riots breaking out circulating on social media. Many households relying on inadequate govt food deliveries. pic.twitter.com/bW1ixaTu7O

— Michael Smith (@MikeSmithAFR) April 8, 2022

Shanghai has been under complete lockdown since April 1. The eastern third of the city has been locked down even longer -- since March 28. The national government has sent in 2,000 military medics and 10,000 medical workers from other provinces to help in the fight against the Covid wave, fuelled by the Omicron variant.  

Not just that, the testing and heavy treatments have been taking a toll on medical professionals as well who have been working nonstop without any breaks. The totalitarian government's strict measures are the harshest the country has seen so far since the pandemic erupted for the first time back in 2020. 

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