Shanghai's mouldy Covid-19 food packages spark outcry from public

Some residents complained on social media about stomachaches and diarrhoea after eating food they had received. - WEIBO

SHANGHAI (Bloomberg): Officials ordered some Shanghai neighbourhoods to throw away food they received from the government after complaints about quality issues, adding to frustration among residents locked in their homes for weeks as the city struggles to tame the country’s worst virus outbreak.

At least two districts in Shanghai’s east warned residents about problems with mouldy braised duck and meatballs or issues with the packaging of food that had been distributed by the government to compounds still in lockdown, according to official notices seen by Bloomberg News.