As Chinese authorities struggle to contain fresh Covid pandemic in Shanghai, a video has been doing the rounds on social media which shows hungry residents looting a supermarket in the financial hub amidst reports of food scarcity.

Watch: Shanghai residents loot supermarket as Covid lockdown spurs food scarcity

The United States has authorised ''voluntary departure'' of non-essential personnel from Shanghai due to the tough coronavirus restrictions in the city. The US State Department said in a statement that the families of all Americans have also been granted permission to leave.

US authorises 'voluntary departure' of non-essential personnel from Shanghai

As Shanghai battles the Omicron wave amid the lockdown, China's state-run Global Times said authorities had deployed 38,000 health workers during testing which is the largest number of medical aid since the virus broke out in Wuhan over two years ago.

Shanghai's COVID 'mission impossible': 38k health workers deployed, sampling of 25 million residents completed

In a new video that has gone viral on social media, chaotic scenes can be seen at the Nanhui quarantine site in the Chinese city of Shanghai. People can be seen complaining about the insufficient staff and shortage of food at the isolation site amid a lockdown in the city.

Watch | Shanghai residents claim quarantine facilities have insufficient staff, shortage of food

As China is following a strict “zero Covid policy”, with military and doctors being sent to Shanghai, there have been reports of non-Covid patients having trouble in getting the needed medical attention.

How China’s zero-Covid policy is affecting non-Covid patients?

'Life on hold': Shanghai expands COVID-19 lockdown, testing lines grow

Amid lockdown in China's financial hub Shanghai, state-run Global Times newspaper said city officials have resorted to "static management" as they carry out nucleic acid testing to identify "risk groups" and infection clusters.

Shanghai enters 'static management' amid lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge

Shanghai began a phased lockdown to contain COVID-19 cases as healthcare workers began mass testing on Monday. People rushed to buy essentials as authorities said they would close down cross-river bridges and tunnels.

Shanghai lockdown begins as authorities start mass testing

Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads since the early days of the pandemic, the city government said Sunday.

Shanghai announces phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 outbreak

Hundreds are dancing away the lockdown blues in Shanghai after the city's nighclubs were allowed to re-open in mid-March. The parties have finally regained their groove, after two months.

Much needed break or threat to life? Significance of following social distancing norms

Walt Disney Co reopened its Shanghai Disneyland park on Monday to a reduced number of visitors, ending a roughly three-month closure caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

Shanghai Disneyland re-opens after three-month closure due to coronavirus

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