The incident happened at an Ikea in Shanghai’s Xuhui district on Saturday. Health officials ordered the store to start flashing after authorities learned a shopper had come into contact with a positive case — a 6-year-old boy from Lhasa, Tibet — according to Shanghai Health Commission deputy director Zhao Dandan on Sunday. . About 400 close contacts of the asymptomatic boy have been traced, while 80,000 people have been ordered to take PCR tests, the Shanghai Daily reported. Although Zhao did not specify when the close contact visited the store, he said everyone in the building and surrounding areas had to be quarantined for two days, followed by five days of health monitoring. More From NextShark: TikTok User Shares ‘POV’ Of Indians Receiving ‘Backhanded’ Racial Compliments A recent video on Twitter shows panicked shoppers trying to leave the store, trying to force their way past security guards at the exit. The video, which was posted on Monday, has already received more than 146,000 views. Citing eyewitness reports on Chinese social media, Bloomberg reported that some shoppers were stuck inside the building for about four hours before being taken to quarantined hotels. In a statement to CNN, Ikea’s China communications team said the store was closed Sunday and Monday due to “outbreak prevention guidelines” from Chinese health authorities. The store reopened its doors on Tuesday. More from NextShark: Los Angeles gas stove ban could spell the end for many Korean barbecue and Chinese restaurants Shanghai health authorities reported six locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Monday, five of which were asymptomatic. Back in March, Chinese authorities put Shanghai, China’s financial capital of more than 26 million people, under a total lockdown for two months as part of its Zero COVID policy The story continues More from NextShark: Chinese actress reveals ‘rotten’ nose from cosmetic surgery that put career on hold Featured image via @fangshimin
