Shanghai eases two-week lockdown and lets some residents out

Deliverymen wearing protective suits carry bags of food at the gate of a residential community in Shanghai (AP)

Some residents of Shanghai were allowed out of their homes on Tuesday as the city of 25 million eased a two-week-old shutdown after videos posted online showed what was said to be people who ran out of food breaking into a supermarket and shouting appeals for help.

The number of people who were allowed out was not clear. The government said some markets and pharmacies also would reopen.