Grape Chen, a data analyst in Shanghai, said she was worried about getting medicines for her father, who is recovering from a stroke. But videos on the popular Sina Weibo social media service show some trading punches with police. Most people have obeyed despite grumbling about shortages of food, medicine and access to elderly relatives who need help. But at least 15 million others are still barred from going outdoors. Some 6.6 million people were allowed to leave their homes in areas that had no new cases for at least a week. All but 2,573 had no symptoms.ДЄ health official warned on Wednesday that Shanghai did not have the virus under control despite its easing restrictions.

Shanghai accounted for 95% of that total, or 27,719 cases. The government reported 29,411 new cases yesterday, all but 3,020 with no symptoms. вЂњThe markets should also be concerned about the delayed spring planting of grain in China.вЂќ вЂњThe logistics crunch is worsening,вЂќ they said. The risk that China might tumble into recession is increasing, warned Ting Lu, Jing Wang and Harrison Zhang, of Nomura, in a report. вЂњPrevention and control work cannot be relaxed,вЂќ he said, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. They come during a sensitive year when President Xi Jinping is expected to try to break with tradition and award himself a third five-year term as leader.Д«eijing has promised to reduce the human and economic cost of its вЂњzero-CovidвЂќ strategy, but this week Xi ruled out joining the United States and other governments that are dropping restrictions and trying to live with the virus. The closures are an embarrassment to the ruling Communist Party and a setback for official efforts to shore up slumping growth in the worldвЂ™s second-largest economy. That could boost demand for imported wheat and other food, pushing up already high global prices. Meanwhile, spring planting by Chinese farmers who feed 1.4 billion people might be disrupted, Nomura economists have warned. Other cities are cutting off access or closing factories and schools. But most of its businesses still are closed.ДЄccess to Guangzhou, an industrial centre of 19 million people near Hong Kong, was suspended this week. Shanghai is easing rules that confined most of its 25 million people to their homes after complaints they had trouble getting food. ANTI-COVID CONTROLS that have shut down some of ChinaвЂ™s biggest cities and fuelled public frustration are spreading as infections rise, hurting a weak economy and prompting warnings of possible global shockwaves.

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