From some of the info from social media and family/friends who are currently there, the number of cases skyrocketed and the local authorities were too overconfident and slow to react… like with the field hospitals only beginning to be built when things already started going south.

There were cases of people not having enough food delivered and starving, with others not being able to afford rent and other expenses due to not being able to work. As such there have been a few people who have already committed suicide due to amount of stress.

The man in the 1st video is saying that people are worried and unclear how long the current conditions/lockdown will continue, and if there is no clear communication then things will get extremely bad. The man in the 2nd video for example mentioned his grandmother living alone and no one able to take care of her, leading to that outburst.

Not too sure about the latest updates but the central government has stepped in and sent in medical staff from other regions to help. They’ll probably have to take over where the local government failed so we’ll have to see how these efforts pan out as the situation is still very tense…

Western media are in likely in anticipation of a major disaster so they can then celebrate how their ‘model is superior’, despite ignoring that Shanghai is one of the most westernised and liberalised cities in the country… likely not a coincidence as it was disastrous in HK as well…

Here’s a few threads from Reddit with some input from other commenters: https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/tzgsmv/this_is_what_i_recently_learned_from_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/u03grc/robot_dog_during_shanghai_lockdown/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/tvubkc/over_20000_medics_arrive_to_help_shanghai/