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Shanghai wrestles with food shortages under virus shutdown

FILE - A delivery man passes by barriers set up to lock down a community in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Workers in PPE unload groceries from a truck before distributing them to local residents under the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China, on April 5, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(Chinatopix Via AP, File)

FILE - A delivery man arranges his orders in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, on April 4, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Customers look through empty shelves at a supermarket in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak. (AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - A delivery man passes by barriers set up to lock down a community in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Workers in PPE unload groceries from a truck before distributing them to local residents under the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China, on April 5, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(Chinatopix Via AP, File)

FILE - A delivery man arranges his orders in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, on April 4, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Customers look through empty shelves at a supermarket in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak. (AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - A delivery man passes by barriers set up to lock down a community in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Workers in PPE unload groceries from a truck before distributing them to local residents under the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China, on April 5, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(Chinatopix Via AP, File)

FILE - A delivery man arranges his orders in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, on April 4, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Customers look through empty shelves at a supermarket in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak. (AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - A delivery man passes by barriers set up to lock down a community in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Workers in PPE unload groceries from a truck before distributing them to local residents under the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China, on April 5, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(Chinatopix Via AP, File)

FILE - A delivery man arranges his orders in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, on April 4, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Customers look through empty shelves at a supermarket in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak. (AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - A delivery man passes by barriers set up to lock down a community in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Workers in PPE unload groceries from a truck before distributing them to local residents under the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China, on April 5, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(Chinatopix Via AP, File)

FILE - A delivery man arranges his orders in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, on April 4, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.(AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

FILE - Customers look through empty shelves at a supermarket in Shanghai, China, on March 30, 2022. 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 in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak. (AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

Residents get their throat swab at a coronavirus testing site near residential buildings following a COVID-19 case was detected in the area, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A health worker in protective suit collects a throat swab sample from a child at a coronavirus testing site, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A man wearing a face mask to help protect from the coronavirus walks by masked residents who wait in a line to get their throat swab at a private mobile coronavirus testing facility near residential buildings, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A health worker in protective suit looks on as masked residents wait in line to receive their throat swab test at a coronavirus testing site, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Residents wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus wait in line to get their throat swab at a coronavirus testing site near residential buildings, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker, left, holds a paper displaying a health QR code to ask people to scan the code before boarding a shutter bus at a bus stand, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker, center, holds a paper displaying a health QR code to ask people to scan the code before boarding a shutter bus at a bus stand, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker prepares to take swab sample from a journalist before quarantine for a government event at a hotel on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. Amid a surge in COVID cases and growing public frustration, China says it is sticking to its hardline "zero-tolerance" approach mandating lockdowns, mass testing and the compulsory isolation of all suspected cases and close contacts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A worker prepares to take swab sample from a journalist before quarantine for a government event at a hotel on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. Amid a surge in COVID cases and growing public frustration, China says it is sticking to its hardline "zero-tolerance" approach mandating lockdowns, mass testing and the compulsory isolation of all suspected cases and close contacts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A worker prepares to take swab samples from journalists gathered to be quarantined for a government event at a hotel on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. Amid a surge in COVID cases and growing public frustration, China says it is sticking to its hardline "zero-tolerance" approach mandating lockdowns, mass testing and the compulsory isolation of all suspected cases and close contacts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A worker prepares to take swab sample from a man before quarantine for a government event at a hotel on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Beijing. Amid a surge in COVID cases and growing public frustration, China says it is sticking to its hardline "zero-tolerance" approach mandating lockdowns, mass testing and the compulsory isolation of all suspected cases and close contacts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Shanghai wrestles with food shortages under virus shutdown