The Chinese word for sheep (羊 yáng) is a homonym of 阳（yáng), which means a positive test result. The ewe emoji is now widely used by Chinese netizens to refer to a positive COVID-19 test result or a person who has tested positive for the virus. This is probably the last emoji Shanghai residents want to see, as they are still living under lockdown with the city reporting over 20,000 new infections per day.