Apr 10, 2022 - World

Shanghai discharges thousands of recovered COVID patients amid lockdown

Shanghai discharged more than 11,000 recovered COVID-19 patients Sunday, the AP reports.

Driving the news: Health authorities said the people must be allowed to return home despite the city's strict lockdown, according to the AP.

The big picture: The city of 26 million has been under lockdown since March 28.

Authorities said Saturday that they will begin lifting the lockdown in areas with no new cases in the last 14 days after another round of testing, Time reported.
Residents have been facing food shortages and disruptions in medical care amid the lockdown.