According to images and an official statement shared on social media, thousands of Beijing residents were forcibly quarantined in their residences on Saturday morning after 26 cases of Covid-19 were detected.
More than 13,000 residents of the Nanxinyuan housing project in the southeast of the capital were taken to isolation hotels at night despite testing negative for Covid-19.
“Experts have decided that all Nanxinyuan residents should be quarantined for seven days, starting at midnight on May 21,” said an announcement by the Chaoyang District health officials.
Please cooperate, otherwise you will have to bear the legal consequences.”
In some photos shared on social media, hundreds of people were seen lining up with their suitcases to board the buses in front of the residence, in the middle of the dark.
“Some of us have been in jail for 28 days since April 23 and we’ve all tested negative since then,” a resident wrote on social media Weibo.
“Many of my neighbors are old or have small children,” he added.
Beijing is facing the biggest outbreak of Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. The Omicron variant has infected more than 1,300 people since the end of April, causing restaurants, schools and tourist attractions to close indefinitely.
China is implementing a clear “covid zero” policy that includes closing borders, mass testing, lockdowns of entire cities, and mandatory quarantines for anyone who comes into contact with infected people.
On Weibo, its users expressed concern on Saturday that the government was adopting the same kinds of measures with which thousands of people were forcibly held in temporary quarantine centers in Shanghai last month.
“Just like in Shanghai. The first step is to cut off the water and electricity, then ask for the keys… Then disinfect the houses. White goods, wooden furniture, clothes, food… Everything is broken. “, more than 300 “likes” ‘ has saved a comment.
source: Noticias
