A mass clean-up is sweeping through Shanghai, with the city's gradual reopening expected to follow.
Shanghai is now expected to open up gradually, following a brutal lockdown.
In the five weeks that I've been locked down, unable to go any further than the gate at the end of my compound, it's Shanghai's most vulnerable who've suffered the most. Her family, who asked not to be identified, were worried about her eating and how she'd go to the toilet on her own. Her husband, also in his 90s and bedridden, was able to stay at home.
The BBC has seen a text exchange with a care giver from the hospital who said "a lot died in the intensive care wards", but they added they were "not sure about exact numbers".Thousands of compounds and residential areas are now being disinfected in Shanghai
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