(Yicai Global) April 1 -- Cities in Anhui, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Sichuan, and other Chinese provinces have been sending supplies to Shanghai, which is in a two-stage lockdown after a Covid-19 outbreak hit China’s largest city by economic output.

Shanghai is mass testing its population for Covid-19, with the Pudong and Puxi areas, on either side of the Huangpu river, put into separately timed lockdowns. Pudong residents were tested from March 28 to today, while Puxi residents will be screened from today through April 5.

The city reported 358 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 4,144 asymptomatic infections yesterday.

On March 28, Dujiangyan in Sichuan province prepared more than 120 tons of vegetables. Volunteers sorted, packed, and loaded them onto trucks headed for Shanghai.

On March 30, a convoy of 41 trucks fully loaded with 1,000 tons of daily life essentials worth about CNY4 million (USD630,700) left Fuyang in Anhui province bound for Shanghai.

Workers at Jingyicheng Food, based in Bozhou in Anhui, load trucks with veggies destined for Shanghai. Guided by the local agriculture authorities, growers prepared more than 10 kinds of fresh vegetables, weighing 80 tons, within 24 hours.

On March 30, volunteers sorted, packed and loaded fresh farm produce in Yongfeng county, Jiangxi province.

On March 30, major vegetable farmers and suppliers in Anji, Jiangxi province, picked and prepared 80 tons of cabbage, white radish, and mushrooms, as well as salted duck, fermented bean curd, and dried soy beans. They were scheduled to arrive in Shanghai by noon yesterday.

Trucks carrying 43 tons of supplies donated by companies in Zhaotong, Yunnan province, enter the expressway on their journey to Shanghai.

Editors: Zhang Yushuo, Futura Costaglione