Coronavirus in China: instant noodles a godsend for residents caught out by Shijiazhuang lockdown
- Northern city has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases, and locals have been told to stay home as the entire population of 11 million is tested
- Many locals did not have a chance to get supplies before the restrictions began on Wednesday
The 33-year-old has a clothing business in the northern city in Hebei province, and she wanted to get some orders out while she still could.
“When I woke up [on Wednesday morning] and looked at WeChat, everyone was talking about the lockdown and getting tested,” Wang said, referring to a popular Chinese messaging app.
Concerned that she would soon have to close her business, Wang spent the morning packaging up orders and sent about 100 parcels express to her clients.
When she got home, she was stopped by security at the entrance to her neighbourhood and told that she had to stay home and wait to get tested like everyone else in the city of 11 million people.
She had been so focused on rushing the orders out that she had not thought about food supplies – and by that time the shops had closed.