Lagatar24 Desk
Shanghai, April 13: Shanghai warned on Wednesday that anyone who breaks the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions will face severe consequences, while also mobilizing residents to protect their city as the number of new cases climbed to over 25,000.
The municipal police department outlined the constraints that the majority of the city’s 25 million citizens face, urging them to fight the pandemic with one heart and strive together for an early triumph.
“Those who violate the provisions of this notice will be dealt with in strict accordance with the law by public security organs .If it constitutes a crime, they will be investigated according to law,” the department said in a statement.
Since the coronavirus was first found in the city of Wuhan, some 800 kilometres (500 miles) to the west, in late 2019, the financial hub has been under intense pressure to manage China’s largest COVID-19 outbreak.
Apart from those participating in epidemic prevention work or transporting those in need of emergency medical treatment, Shanghai police have also barred cars off the roadways. They also advised citizens not to distribute false information or fabricate road passes or other clearance papers, as millions of people are confined to their houses and struggle to receive daily necessities.
Notably, Shanghai reported 25,141 new asymptomatic coronavirus infections on Tuesday, up from 22,348 the day before, and 1,189 new symptomatic cases, up from 994, according to city officials.
