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Officials apologise after Covid lockdown causes food shortages for hundreds of thousands in Chinese city
- Guiyang city officials apologise for ‘causing inconvenience’ after residents say they were left to starve
- District blames shortages on lack of delivery workers due to Covid-19 restrictions
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Authorities in the Chinese city of Guiyang have apologised after a snap lockdown and delayed food deliveries left hundreds of thousands of residents without food.
In a press conference on Thursday, officials from the city’s Nanming district government said the food shortages in the Huaguoyuan residential area were caused by a lack of delivery workers due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Adding to the problem, they said many of the residents are younger people who do not usually cook or store their own food. Huaguoyuan is home to nearly 500,000 residents.
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“We will better coordinate resources, ensure food and necessities get to the area, allow cross-district deliveries and resort to group-buying,” said Du Min, a deputy district mayor.
In a public letter to the residential area on Wednesday, the district officials apologised for “causing inconvenience”.
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“Due to inexperience and inappropriate methods, some residents were still waiting in queues late at night for testing and some areas were short of food supplies. We felt guilty and for this we apologise,” the letter read.
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