Shanghai vows to improve food deliveries as discontent grows over Covid curbs

A delivery worker passes food to a man over the barriers of an area under lockdown in Shanghai, on March 23, 2022. - Reuter

SHANGHAI (Reuters): Shanghai on Thursday (April 7) said it was trying its best to improve the distribution of food and essential goods to locked-in residents, responding to growing discontent over such difficulties as Covid curbs stretched into an 11th day.

China's financial hub has fallen largely silent after the city imposed harsh movement restrictions to stem the spread of Covid, with only healthcare workers, volunteers, delivery personnel or people with special permission allowed on the streets.