Shanghai Covid-19 lockdown - in pictures

  • Nearly empty roads amid a phased lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai, China. The country's largest city reported more than 13,000 daily Covid cases for the first time, as a sweeping lockdown of its 25 million residents and mass testing uncovered extensive spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant. Bloomberg
    Nearly empty roads amid a phased lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai, China. The country's largest city reported more than 13,000 daily Covid cases for the first time, as a sweeping lockdown of its 25 million residents and mass testing uncovered extensive spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant. Bloomberg
  • Medical workers gather near a banner that reads 'Unite as one, resolutely win the battle against epidemic' during a departure ceremony before leaving for Shanghai, in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. AP
    Medical workers gather near a banner that reads 'Unite as one, resolutely win the battle against epidemic' during a departure ceremony before leaving for Shanghai, in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. AP
  • China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to tackle the rapidly spreading Covid-19 outbreak. AFP
    China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to tackle the rapidly spreading Covid-19 outbreak. AFP
  • Workers in protective suits direct residents lining up for Covid testing. Reuters
    Workers in protective suits direct residents lining up for Covid testing. Reuters
  • Medical workers and volunteers in a compound where residents are being tested for Covid-19. AFP
    Medical workers and volunteers in a compound where residents are being tested for Covid-19. AFP
  • Authorities are building the world’s largest makeshift isolation centre to help contain the outbreak in Shanghai. AFP
    Authorities are building the world’s largest makeshift isolation centre to help contain the outbreak in Shanghai. AFP
  • A delivery man arranges his orders during lockdown in the Jingan district of western Shanghai. AP
    A delivery man arranges his orders during lockdown in the Jingan district of western Shanghai. AP
  • A worker in protective gear chats with residents outside shuttered shops in the Jingan district of western Shanghai. AP
    A worker in protective gear chats with residents outside shuttered shops in the Jingan district of western Shanghai. AP
  • The number of cases continues to rise in Shanghai and Jilin, a north-eastern province. AP
    The number of cases continues to rise in Shanghai and Jilin, a north-eastern province. AP
  • Residents wait to submit samples for tests at a community centre in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. AP
    Residents wait to submit samples for tests at a community centre in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. AP
  • A person walks a dog. Reuters
    A person walks a dog. Reuters
  • Policemen wearing protective gear on a street during patrols. AFP
    Policemen wearing protective gear on a street during patrols. AFP
  • Workers remove their protective gear at the entrance of a neighbourhood. AFP
    Workers remove their protective gear at the entrance of a neighbourhood. AFP
  • Food shortages and shuttered manufacturing plants have hit residents hard. AFP
    Food shortages and shuttered manufacturing plants have hit residents hard. AFP
  • Workers unload groceries from a truck before distributing them to residents. AP
    Workers unload groceries from a truck before distributing them to residents. AP
  • A man helps a woman to consume a packet of traditional Chinese medicine, as she sits by the side of a road outside a residential compound. Reuters
    A man helps a woman to consume a packet of traditional Chinese medicine, as she sits by the side of a road outside a residential compound. Reuters
  • Empty highways at night in Shanghai. Bloomberg
    Empty highways at night in Shanghai. Bloomberg