China’s easing of COVID-19 curbs has thrown its megacity of 25 million people into trouble amid rising cases in the country.

What happened: Months after Shanghai implemented a strict lockdown To stop the spread of COVID-19, the virus is returning to the city and people are fighting for hospital beds and pharmacies without drugs and empty streets, reported Bloomberg.

The report found that medical facilities are struggling to cope with the number of infected patients and that businesses and schools are closing because staff are ill. That steep increase in cases has also led to a slump in the use of public transport.

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One of the largest public hospitals in Shanghai, Tongren Hospital, used corridors to handle the overflow of critically ill patients. Pharmacies near the hospital brought customers back empty-handed, saying they had run out of cold and fever medicine.

“Shanghai is starting to look a lot like Beijing in terms of infections,” a doctor at a private hospital in Shanghai told the publication last week.

Daniela medical worker at a public hospital said the metropolis was not well prepared for something like this heavy scenario.

The World Health Organization has also expressed concern about the worsening COVID-19 situation in China. BBC reported.

DR Michael Ryanmanaging Director Health Emergency Program of the WHOsaid: “A relatively small number of cases in intensive care units have been reported in China, but anecdotally, intensive care units are filling up.”

China’s National Health Commission on Wednesday reported just 3,049 COVID cases, according to the state news agency.

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