Authorities are trying to avoid a lockdown like the one imposed in Shanghai.
Residents in Beijing remained on edge on Tuesday as the authorities announced new measures to contain a small but growing outbreak of coronavirus cases, in an effort to avoid a lockdown like the one imposed in Shanghai. “I feel pessimistic,” said Yang Hui,37, a sales manager in Beijing. “What happened in Shanghai was a cautionary tale.” Ms. Yang said that she had already prepared for the possibility of an indefinite lockdown. Last week, she ordered several boxes of instant noodles and cat litter after a positive case was detected near her home. Fortunately for Ms. Yang, authorities have stopped short of instituting a citywide lockdown — at least so far. But she said the government’s containment measures were increasingly disrupting her life in other ways. Twice in the last week, she dutifully lined up with neighbors outside her apartment building to participate in the government’s mandatory mass testing campaign.
