People at a branch of Ikea on June 3, 2022 in Shanghai, China. On Sunday, Shanghai locked down an Ikea store amid a COVID-19 scare. Hugo Hu/Getty Images ...

The Ikea store in Shanghai’s Xuhui district was temporarily closed on Sunday and Monday in response to “epidemic prevention guidelines” from the authorities and will reopen Tuesday, ...

The Ikea store in Shanghai is set to reopen on Tuesday. Future Publishing via Getty Imag. China has enacted controversial “zero COVID” measures in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The spontaneous lockdown of an Ikea store in Shanghai, China, due to COVID-19 over the weekend sparked panicked customers to flee in fear, according to a viral video purportedly showing the incident.

Ikea customers in Shanghai made a break for the exits when the store was ordered to shut down Saturday after health officials said a customer was a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case.

Ikea's customer service said on Sunday that the store was shut due to Covid curbs. The flagship Xuhui store, opened in 1998, was the Swedish furniture retailer's first outlet in China. It now has ...

A viral video shows panicked Shanghai shoppers scrambling to break out of an Ikea store after authorities declare a snap lockdown. Just moments after the lockdown was announced, a mob of shoppers ...

A sudden lockdown at an Ikea store in Shanghai over the weekend unleashed a chaotic scene, as masked shoppers scrambled for the exits, amid an effort to quarantine those in the store after ...

SHANGHAI: There were chaotic scenes at an IKEA outlet in Shanghai on Saturday (Aug 13) when authorities tried to lock down the store after learning that a customer had been in close contact with a ...

Chaotic scenes were witnessed in an Ikea store in Shanghai on Saturday after officials announced a snap lockdown inside the complex, leading some shoppers to flee outside in a bid to escape ...