People pass edible oil over the barriers at a street market under lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China on April 13, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





The skyline of Beijing is reflecting in the sunglasses of a woman wearing a face mask as she walks at a public park in Beijing, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A resident gets daily necessities from delivery worker on April 14, 2022 in Guangzhou,China. Influenced by COVID-19, some places were closed up in Guangzhou. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Workers in protective suits ride an electric tricycle during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 manned space mission is seen after landing at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Saturday, April 16, 2022. Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after six months aboard China's newest space station in the longest crewed mission to date for its ambitious space program. (Photo by Peng Yuan/Xinhua via AP Photo)





Commuters wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus ride on a crowded bus traveling from the outskirts of the capital city clogged in heavy traffic on a road during the morning rush hour, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Beijing. China’s economic growth edged up to a still-weak 4.8% over a year earlier in the first three months of 2022 as spreading coronavirus outbreaks prompted shutdowns of major industrial cities. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





This photo taken on April 17, 2022 shows a worker welding wheels at a factory in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Workers in protective suits work at a residential area under lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China on April 17, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A resident checks plastic bags of food at a residential area under lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China on April 17, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2022 shows a staff member painting upcycled tyres to be used in a go-karting track at a park in Ningbo in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Residents rests at a temporary hospital converted from the National Exhibition and Convention Center to quarantine COVID-positive people in Shanghai, China on April 18, 2022. Interviews with family members of people testing positive for COVID-19, a phone call with a government health official and an independent tally raise questions about how Shanghai calculates virus cases and deaths, almost certainly resulting in a marked undercount. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





Workers in protective suits prepare to disinfect a residential compound in Huangpu district, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China on April 20, 2022. (Photo by China Daily via Reuters)





In an aerial view, the Huanghuacheng Great Wall is seen in the Huairou district on April 19, 2022 in Beijing, China. Huanghuacheng is the only village with a lakeside by the Great Wall which is a popular section for tourism. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)





Aerial photo shows rescuers helping a stranded whale in Xiangshan County of Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province, April 19, 2022. Rescuers on Wednesday morning helped a whale get back into the sea in Xiangshan County of Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province. The Whale ran aground on the beach in Xiangshan on Tuesday. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) pulling a cart with bags stands at a checkpoint during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Camels kick up clouds of sand as they race down a steep dune. The camels can reach speeds of up to 40 kilometres per hour as they descend the ten-metre tall dunes on April 20, 2022. The photos were taken by photographer Qian Guo in Naiman Banner, near the city of Tongliao in the Inner Mongolia region of northeastern China. The 58 year old said: “These are local Mongolian farmers, and two of them are a father and a son. They have more than ten camels which they farm and train”. (Photo by Qian Guo/Solent News & Photo Agency)





View of residential units during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Jing'an district of Shanghai on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A man wearing a face mask exercises at a public park in Beijing, Thursday, April 21, 2022. In mainland China, the death toll rose to more than 20 in an outbreak in Shanghai that has all but shut down the country's largest city. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A person in a protective suit squeezes through a locked gate of a residential compound, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Galbraith/Reuters)





In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, medical personnel transfer a patient from an ambulance at the Minhang Hospital affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. In mainland China, the death toll rose to more than 20 in an outbreak in Shanghai that has all but shut down the country's largest city. (Photo by Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua via AP Photo)