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China sends in military to help with Shanghai COVID outbreak

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker from eastern China's Anhui Province takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu District of Shanghai on Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) A worker in protective gear holds a sign which reads "Do not crowd" during a mass testing day for residents in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) Workers in protective gear help a man in a wheelchair during the mass testing for residents in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) A worker in protective gear holds up a sign which reads "10 to a group" as residents line up for the mass testing in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) A worker in protective overall stands in the middle of empty streets in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) Residents line up for mass testing in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) The entrance to a noodle store is locked and sealed in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) Residents line up for mass testing in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) Residents line up for mass testing in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) A worker in protective gear holds a sign which reads "Keep one meter apart" along an empty street in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) A medical worker collects sample swab sample from residents in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) A delivery man arranges his orders in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) A worker directs resident for mass testing in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) Residents stand along a street during a mass testing day in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) Medical workers conduct mass testing for residents in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) A worker in protective gear chats with residents outside shuttered shops in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) Medical workers conduct mass testing for residents in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) A worker holds up signs which read "Keep one meter distance" and "Do not crowd" as residents line up for mass testing in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si) Medical workers conduct mass testing for residents in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. (AP Photo/Chen Si)