Apr 3, 2022
Weeks of COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai takes toll on residents’ mental health — Radio Free Asia
The weeks-long COVID-19 lockdown in China has taken a huge mental health toll, with more than 40 percent of the city’s 26 million residents reporting symptoms of depression in a recent poll. Shanghai residents have been battling food shortages, barriers to medical treatment, repeated mass, compulsory PCR and antigen testing, as well as the constant