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| A pass that allows you to go out (with restrictions on when, how long, etc). Source: WeChat. |
Posts about the covid outbreak in Shanghai, China:
Complete list is here: Index of Posts About the March 2022 Shanghai Covid Outbreak
On the Current Covid Outbreak in Shanghai (March 12)
I'm in Lockdown (March 16)
I'm Still in Lockdown (March 19)
I'm in Lockdown Again (March 25)
Now All of Pudong (East Shanghai) is in Lockdown (March 28)
Lockdown Diaries: Covid Case in Our Complex, and Free Veggies from the Government (March 31)
Lockdown Diaries: Antigen Self-Tests, and Children with Covid (April 3)
Lockdown Diaries: Dressing Up, Free Medicine, Free Rice (April 6)
Lockdown Diaries: I am Okay, Shanghai is Not (April 9)
Lockdown Diaries: Part of Shanghai is Out of Lockdown (April 12)
Lockdown Diaries: Dystopian Madness (April 15)
Lockdown Diaries: 3 Covid Deaths Reported in Shanghai (April 18)
Lockdown Diaries: More of the Same (April 22)
Lockdown Diaries: This is a Human-Made Disaster (April 26)
Lockdown Diaries: Exciting New Definition of "Society" (May 1)
Lockdown Diaries: Some People Can Go to the Grocery Store (May 3)
Lockdown Diaries: More and More People Get to Go Out (a little bit) (May 7)
Lockdown Diaries: Taking a Whole Building to Quarantine (May 10)
Lockdown Diaries: Restrictions on Chinese Citizens Leaving China (May 13)
Lockdown Diaries: June 1 Target for "Back to Normal" (yeah not gonna happen) (May 17)
Lockdown Diaries: Slowly Getting Better (maybe) (May 21)
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Here's the updated timeline:
March 16-21: First lockdown. 6 days.
March 23-now: Second lockdown. 65 days and counting.
Nucleic acid tests (conducted by baymax, ie, the workers in white hazmat suits): 32 times (March 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 26, 28, 30, April 4, 6, 9, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 29, May 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26)
Antigen self-tests: 30 times (April 2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 [twice], 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 28 [twice], 30, May 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25)
(The above info is specific to our apartment complex. Other apartment complexes in Shanghai will have a similar situation but not exactly the same.)
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We are allowed to go out (kinda)
Exciting news- Today we got our passes that allow 1 person per household to go out of the apartment complex, twice between now and May 31, for 2 hours each time.
Hooray!
I mean, what we actually want is for lockdown to end. But okay, sure. I guess 1 time I will go out, and 1 time my husband will go out.
Here's an issue, though: All the stores require proof of a negative nucleic acid test within the past 48 hours. Now, the baymaxes have been doing nucleic acid testing on us every 2 days, so in theory we would always have a valid negative result- but you also have to take into account the time it takes for the actual lab work. Normally the result shows up on the app something like 7-12 hours after you're tested- and the validity is counted from when you're tested, not when the result comes out.
So, for example, right now it's the evening of May 26. We were tested this morning (nucleic acid test) but my result is not available yet. So on the "health code" app, it shows as having a negative result within the past 3 days (so, that would be the one from May 24).
So, in practical terms, it seems like we can't actually go out on a day when we do nucleic acid testing, because it will be over 48 hours since the previous test, and the test result from that day won't be available yet.
This means I can go out tomorrow (May 27) no problem, but not May 28. (Or maybe you can go out on May 28 but you'll run into problems when you try to enter stores?) Hmm, okay.
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Links:
Shanghai Daily
This is a very good video series:
Away From Home: Departure (May 24) About people who are trying to get to the train station and get out of Shanghai.
Away From Home: Sheltered (May 24) About a pet shelter for pets whose owners are in quarantine.
Away From Home: 2901 (May 24) Interviews with a women working as a volunteer in her apartment complex during the lockdown.
Away From Home: Stranded (May 20) Truck drivers from other cities, who came to Shanghai and got stuck, living in their trucks for weeks.
Away From Home: Shanghai's lifeline (May 19) A team of medics in an ambulance, working during lockdown. [content note: one of the patients dies]
Sixth Tone
Shanghai Reopening Diary (May 26, will continue to be updated)Train to Chengdu: Two Students Reflect on Leaving Shanghai (May 25)
With Bittersweet Memories, Students Leave Shanghai in Droves (May 24)
35 Days and Counting: Living Inside a Shanghai Factory (May 24)
Chinese Cities Raise Testing Frequency to Catch COVID Cases Early (May 23)
SHINE
Mission completed: 691 medics return to east China's Anhui from Shanghai (May 24)
Make your detailed travel arrangements before arrival at train stations (May 21)
This tweet:
On the 1st day of Shanghai resuming some subways, state media reporters interviewed a grandma. When she was saying “since I was born, I have never suffered anything like this, being locked home and couldn’t leave. It’s a big joke,” the reporters pointed mic/cam to somewhere else. pic.twitter.com/6ekWogasOl
— Yong Xiong (@yongxiong2008) May 22, 2022
(I've seen this video shared a lot on WeChat. Everyone is laughing at it.)
Reuters
China's international schools hit by exodus of teachers dejected by COVID curbs (May 20)
The Guardian
Airbnb to close in China amid repeated Covid lockdowns (May 24)
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Next post: Lockdown Diaries: I Went Out!
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