Lan Juan, a volunteer during Shanghai's lockdown, received a call on April 15 from a mother who sounded like she had reached a breaking point.
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Lockdowns expose COVID's cost on mental health in China
Strict COVID-prevention measures come with heavy social costs
People talk through a barrier at a sealed-off area as new lockdown measures were imposed in parts of the city to curb the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai on June 24. © Reuters
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