Covid containment: new problems in Changchun and Shanghai

The city of Changchun has publicly apologized to its citizens for food shortages. The supply shortages were said to be caused by a lockdown in several cities in the province of Jilin. Changchun is the capital of Jilin. „We are particularly anxious and angry about this, and we express our deep apologies to the public for the impact and inconvenience caused,“ said Liu Renyuan, Changchun’s Deputy Party Secretary. Supermarkets are closed in the city. Authorities are now arranging for bags of vegetables and other staple foods to be distributed.