Caption contributed by Genatus Juanius
March 15th, The Press Conference concerning Preventing and Controlling the Pandemic in Shanghai. (Covid Cases: see above)
“Currently, Shanghai has not been locked down, moreover, there is no need to lock down. According to the current situation of the pandemic in Shanghai, we will...”
March 26th, The Press Conference concerning Preventing and Controlling the Pandemic in Shanghai. (Covid Cases: see above)
“Can we just make up our minds, and decide to lock down for several days or a week? No, we cannot.
Why not? Since Shanghai, our city, does not merely belong to the people here, it plays a crucial role in the economic and social operation of the whole country.
I think all citizens in Shanghai shall consider the problem at a more microscopic scale.”
The Voice of April
2022.4.18 Shanghai Confirmed Cases, Newly 3084 Confirmed Asymptomatic Cases, Newly 17332 Confirmed Cases, Accumulative 27613 Confirmed Asymptomatic Cases, Accumulative 370320
2022.4.1 a conversation between a citizen and the chief officer of Department of Prevention of Infectious Disease, Center of Disease Control, Pudong.
Officer: Now I have to inform you a fact: we are severely short of available wards right now. There is no available room in quarantine areas, and no available ambulance in hospitals. It is the fact.
Now I am ordered to inform you that you are positive, but you said that it appears to be negative on the Health QR Code. I told others (who share the same problem with you) to dial 12345, to lodge a complaint on the Health QR Code. What can I do?
Citizen: Now even the comment section under Shanghai Official on Weibo has been closed.
2022.4.1 A baby was separated from his parents when quarantined in a hospital.
2022.4.2 a truck driver who conveyed relief supplies voluntarily received no response from the locals.
Truck Driver: I've been here around 4:00 a.m., and what time is it right now? You wish all veggies get rotted? And I've got no water to drink, are there even stores in Shanghai? Got nothing to eat. I am here for supporting you, voluntarily. And now I can't even take care of my own stomach.
2022.4.2 Baoshan, a citizen lived in County Dachang dialed to officials of local government.
Citizen: Do you know that there are residents and friends in Pudong receiving supplies on which "Government of Baoshan District" is printed? Have you ever thought about how would we feel, as residents in County Dachang, Baoshan District? Official: Err...
2022.4.2 residents were appreciating medical personnel, who are here for supporting Shanghai. Residents: Thank you all, big-whities (a nickname we made for medical personnel, since they usually wear protective suits during the pandemic, which are both big and white). Thank you, thank you for supporting Shanghai.
2022.4.2 certain neighborhood, Village Gu, Baoshan. Residents: SEND US FUCKING SUPPLIES! SEND US FUCKING SUPPLIES!
2022.4.3 Pudong, a conversation between citizens and the secretary of the neighborhood.
Secretary: I need good policies, from the above, to me, so that I could do something for my residents, I could be responsive then. But actually there's none. You know? NONE. It makes me tired, physically and mentally.
2022.4.6 Police officer asking an old man to stop walking his dog.
Officer: What's my hard work for? At least you have an apartment that you can go to, I can't cuz I have to stay working.
2022.4.6 Pudong, after its owner being quarantined, a corgi was killed publicly in the street. A Girl: Are you gonna kill this baby Corgi? Oh, my goodness.
2022.4.6 an aunty send food to her neighbors.
Aunty: We live in the same building, we are good friends. Girl A: Thanks a lot, aunty. Aunty: You've come to here from a very far place, it's not easy. Girl A: Hey, aunty, I must record this and show it to others, who said foreigners are not treated well in Shanghai? Aunty: Ah, nah, nah, no need.
2022.4.7 Minxing, policemen sent food to drivers.
Policeman: And... Don't forget to get some pickles. Driver: Policemen come to send us food, good policemen of Shanghai! Haven't eaten for days.
2022.4.7 Pudong, his father seriously fell ill, but no hospital receives him.
Son: This is my father. I dialed 120, 8:00 in the morning, have gotten to the hospital repeatedly twice, no one receives. I said to the Residents' Committee, they said hospitals would definitely receive the patient. Now that's the case: nobody's here saving life, and nobody's here solving the problem. You're all raised up by parents, how could you do something so unhuman?
2022.4.7 Yangpu, a quarantined office building, people who stuck in their got their food been thrown away.
Who threw their food away: I told you, I am sterilizing here, I'm gonna throw these stuffs away, like waste. Who stuck in their: Why? Then what shall we eat? Who threw their food away: It's not my business, I am sterilizing here.
2022.4.8 Xuhui, at night, a resident cannot get home after chemotherapy.
Resident: I went to the hospital for nucleic acid test, and then for chemotherapy... Man A: They won't let you in? Security: We can't let her in. Man A: Hey, she lived in here. Does it make sense not to let her in? Security: Go to negotiate with the office of the neighborhood, talk with them about the problem.
2022.4.8 Pudong, at night, certain neighborhood
2022.4.8 Songjiang, Jiuting, at night, certain neighborhood.
Residents: SEND US FUCKING SUPPLIES! SEND US FUCKING SUPPLIES
2022.4.8 an uncle sent food for decorators got stuck.
Uncle: I wanna send you food yesterday. Why not yesterday? I'm afraid of cross-infection. Decorator: Yeah, indeed. Uncle: But I’ve thought it twice today. Virus won't kill someone necessarily, but people will get starved (if have nothing to eat for a long time).
2022.4.8 Hongkou, at night, elders cannot get home, in front of a hospital.
Elder A: What shall we do? It makes us so anxious... It'll make people anxious to illness, even if they were healthy initially.
2022.4.9 people were checking in shelters under construction.
Girl A: You see, the building is not covered yet... We get in, and then rush for quilts, for beds. Girl B: It's still under construction, you see. Girl C: Then you tell me where to find the restroom. Girl B: I... I don't know neither. I'm not a big-whity, I'm quarantined here too. Girl D: The bed is not even set up, people just sleep on the floor.
2022.4.9 Fengxian, residents in certain neighborhood cannot get their food deliveries.
Man A: Get back, get back! Lady A: Then will you send us supplies? Man A: Will we send you supplies? Wait for notifications. Lady A: Wait for notifications? We're almost starved.
2022.4.10 Xuhui, Xujiahui, an apartment is locked
Man: How will you deal with the fire? Tell me, what if the building was on fire? WHAT ABOUT THE FIRE?
2022.4.12 early morning, a mother knocking doors for medicines, for her fevered kid. there are more than 300 people waiting in line in the hospital, and there is no medicine in the Residents' Committee
Mother: My kid is having a fever. Mother: Aunty, excuse me, are you there? Mother: Sorry for bothering you...
2022.4.13 Xuhui, volunteers refused to seal apartments.
Lady A: We do not mean to resist. But how could we do such, as volunteers, right? Man A: In that case, how could we volunteers do? Lady A: After tomorrow, you just tear the seal up, we volunteers won't stop.
2022.4.12 an old gentleman asked for medical assistance from the Residents' Committee, no results.
Gentleman: I've dialed 12345, I've dialed 110... Official: I know you've dialed. But are there expected results? Gentleman: Indeed, no results... Official: I don't even know what are they concerning about. Mr. Yu, I am genuinely helpless, I have no choice, no alternative... I'm even more heart-broken than you, because you're just in one family, and I have seen countless families facing the same problem. Gentleman: Ah, yeah. All that you said, I... really, totally understand.
Official: I have reported your case officially and formally, have dialed for numerous times... Gentleman: Thank you. Official: Sorry, Mr. Yu. I can't help. Gentleman: Alas, that's...
The next day, under the arrangement of relative departments of the Center of Disease Control, the gentleman had been transferred to the hospital.
It is announced in the Press Conference that the pandemic in Shanghai is increasingly mitigated, the transmission among neighborhoods is prevented effectively.
Shanghai, may you get well soon.