China on Monday reported the first fatalities in Shanghai due to the ongoing COVID-19 surge in the city where the Omicron variant continues to paralyse the country's business hub of 26 million people.
According to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post newspaper, the mainland on Sunday reported 2,723 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 2,417 were in Shanghai.
Please click on the images for a look at the COVID-19 situation in Shanghai.
IMAGE: A delivery worker picks up a medicine order from a pharmacy in Huangpu district, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai. Photograph: China Daily via Reuters
IMAGE: Residents line up for nucleic acid tests during a lockdown in Shanghai. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
IMAGE: A resident checks plastic bags of food at a residential area under lockdown in Shanghai. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
IMAGE: Workers in protective suits work at a residential area under lockdown in Shanghai. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
IMAGE: A worker in protective suit speaks with a resident at a residential area in Shanghai. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
IMAGE: Workers in a protective suits direct residents lining up for nucleic acid test during the lockdown in Shanghai. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
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