The elderly woman slouched in a chair in Shanghai’s cool spring weather as her three companions squabbled with police and others clad in white biohazard suits, the only people visible on a street emptied by the COVID-19 lockdown. They spoke loud enough for residents to hear them from an apartment building a dozen floors up. “She has had a fever for a few days now!” exclaimed one, gesturing to the woman. The people in the hazmat suits stood at least three meters away. About an hour later, one of her male companions fed the woman the contents of a medicine sachet provided by the suited workers. A close-up photo showed it was Lianhua Qingwen, a traditional Chinese remedy that China recommends for treating COVID-19. Reuters was not able to obtain the name of the woman or her companions, or verify details, given lockdown curbs. […]