Shoppers in panic as security locks Ikea store due to COVID risk

• Social media videos show people fleeing an Ikea store in Shanghai as authorities quarantine them.
• Close contact of a COVID-19 case was connected to the business.
• Those at the store and surrounding regions must quarantine for two days and be monitored for five days.

Social media videos show people fleeing an Ikea store in Shanghai as authorities quarantine them. Close contact with a COVID-19 case was connected to the business, according to a media source. Saturday’s incident happened in Xuhui. Videos show security closing doors, but a throng forced them open and escaped. Other recordings show locals yelling and shoving each other to leave the mall before its doors were sealed after an announcement to do so.

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Yesterday, an abnormal health code case was presented at an IKEA in Shanghai, & the entire mall was suddenly blocked🥶

Some ppl forced their way out for fear of being sent to concentration camps, but there is actually nowhere to escape under #AmazingChina’s digital surveillance pic.twitter.com/MWpbTOJ3kz

— Donna Wong💛🖤 (@DonnaWongHK) August 14, 2022

上海徐汇宜家要禁止出入配合流行病学调查，吓得顾客赶快逃亡。在病毒被消灭之前不要在中国逛商场，切记。 pic.twitter.com/dAWbpbln7v

— 方舟子 (@fangshimin) August 14, 2022

Shanghai Health Commission deputy head Zhao Dandan claimed close contact with a 6-year-old boy who tested positive after returning from Tibet visiting Ikea. When the close encounter at the store is unknown. Those at the store and surrounding regions must quarantine for two days and be monitored for five days.

This year, Shanghai had a two-month lockdown. Since then, the city of 20 million has ordered flash lockdowns of locations where positive cases or close contacts have been found. BBC said that many were shut up in hot pot restaurants, gyms, and offices.

Ikea’s customer service reported the store was closed due to Covid. The Swedish furniture retailer’s flagship Xuhui showroom debuted in 1998. It has 35 stores nationwide.

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