Residents in part of the western Xinjiang region have taken to social media to complain of serious shortages of food and supplies after more than a month of Covid-19 restrictions. The Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture – an area in the north of Xinjiang that is home to 4.5 million people – has been under lockdown since early August after an outbreak there, according to posts on microblogging site Weibo. There has been no official announcement about the Ili Kazakh prefecture being locked down. The authorities are struggling to contain recent outbreaks, with millions also confined to their homes in other…