Director of Shanghai's working group on epidemic management, Gu Honghui, was quoted by state media as saying that the outbreak within the metropolis was "nonetheless operating at a excessive stage."
"The state of affairs is extraordinarily grim," Gu mentioned.
China has despatched greater than 10,000 well being staff from across the nation to assist town, together with 2000 from the navy, and is mass testing residents, a few of whom have been locked down for weeks.
Most of japanese Shanghai, which was speculated to reopen final Friday, remained locked down together with the western half of town.
Officers would reevaluate preventative measures after the outcomes of checks on all metropolis residents are analysed, Gu mentioned.
"Earlier than that, residents are requested to proceed following the present lockdown measures and keep of their houses aside from medical and different emergency conditions," Gu mentioned.
Shanghai has reported greater than 73,000 constructive COVID-19 infections because the resurgence of the extremely contagious Omicron variant in March.
Shanghai recorded one other 13,354 circumstances on Monday — the overwhelming majority of them asymptomatic — bringing town's complete to greater than 73,000 because the newest wave of infections started final month. No deaths have been ascribed to the outbreak pushed by the omicron BA.2 variant, which is rather more infectious but in addition much less deadly than the earlier delta pressure.
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A separate outbreak continues to rage within the northeastern province of Jilin and the capital Beijing additionally noticed a further 9 circumstances, simply one in every of them asymptomatic. Staff shut down a whole procuring centre within the metropolis the place a case had been detected.
Whereas China's vaccination charge hovers round 90 per cent, its domestically produced inactivated virus vaccines are seen as weaker than the mRNA vaccines equivalent to these produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna which are used overseas, in addition to within the Chinese language territories of Hong Kong and Macao. Vaccination charges among the many aged are additionally a lot decrease than the inhabitants at massive, with solely round half of these over 80 absolutely vaccinated.
In the meantime, complaints have arisen in Shanghai over difficulties acquiring meals and day by day requirements, and shortages of medical staff, volunteers and beds in isolation wards the place tens of 1000's are being saved for remark.
Shanghai has transformed an exhibition corridor and different amenities into huge isolation centres the place folks with gentle or no signs are housed in a sea of beds separated by momentary partitions.
Gu mentioned about 47,700 beds can be found for COVID-19 sufferers, with one other 30,000 beds to be prepared quickly. It wasn't clear what number of beds have been obtainable for sufferers positioned underneath remark, who quantity greater than 100,000 in keeping with metropolis well being authorities.
Public outrage has been fuelled by reviews and video clips posted on the web documenting the dying of a nurse who was denied admittance to her personal hospital underneath COVID-19 restrictions, and toddler youngsters separated from their dad and mom.
Circulation of footage exhibiting a number of infants saved in cots prompted town's Public Well being Medical Centre to problem a press release saying the youngsters have been being nicely taken care of and had been within the strategy of being moved to a brand new facility when the footage was taken.
At a digital city corridor Monday, the US Consulate in Shanghai warned of doable household separations amid the lockdown, however mentioned it had an "extraordinarily restricted capability" to intervene in such circumstances.
Concern is rising in regards to the potential financial impression on China's monetary capital, additionally a significant delivery and manufacturing centre. Most public transport has been suspended and non-essential companies closed, though airports and prepare stations stay open and town's port and a few main industries equivalent to automobile vegetation proceed to function.
Worldwide occasions within the metropolis have been canceled and three out of 5 international firms with operations in Shanghai say they've reduce this 12 months's gross sales forecasts, in keeping with a survey performed final week by the American Chamber of Commerce. One-third of the 120 firms that responded to the survey mentioned they've delayed investments.
Regardless of these issues and rising public frustration, China says it's sticking to its hardline "zero-tolerance" strategy mandating lockdowns, mass testing and the obligatory isolation of all suspected circumstances and shut contacts.