Millions of Shanghai residents remain under strict lockdown, even as the government begins easing quarantine rules in some compounds that have not seen COVID-19 cases for at least a week. The major financial hub reported 12 new COVID-19 related deaths.
The city, battling China's biggest coronavirus outbreak so far, recorded 20,634 new local asymptomatic infections on Friday, up from 15,698 a day earlier.
'I joined many groups that organise group buying in my parents' residential complex, but I was worried about food safety and where the food was coming from, so I started my own group,' Ms Li said. Group buying online - which has been common in China for years as people who shop collectively can get lower prices - has become part of a survival strategy for Shanghai's residents. Linda Li ordered a food delivery for her locked-down parents in Shanghai.
