COVID-19 scares cause mayhem in tense Shanghai

Just two possible COVID-19 cases have sparked chaotic scenes in Shanghai, with crowds of people seen running out of a building and an Ikea store to try and escape a lockdown under China's strict COVID-19 rules. The country's "zero COVID-19" strategy involves snap lockdowns and quarantines, sometimes over just a handful of cases, and the measures have sparked anxiety and anger in some cities. Videos widely shared on social media and verified by Agence France-Presse showed a small group of personnel, wearing personal protective equipment, trying to keep the main doors of a Shanghai building closed on Friday after a…