Shanghai residents ‘running out of food’ under lockdown

Workers in PPE unload groceries from a truck before distributing them to local residents under the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China (Chinatopix/AP)

Residents of Shanghai are struggling to get meat, rice and other food supplies under anti-coronavirus controls that confine most of its 25 million people to their homes, fuelling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.

People in China’s business capital have complained online grocers are often sold out. Some received government food packages of meat and vegetables for a few days.