China has imposed several strict rules on its citizens under its “zero COVID policy, placing millions under quarantine even as Beijing prepares to host next month’s Winter Olympics.
Videos from China surfaced on social media that shows that people contracting suspected COVID-19 are being forcefully confined to cramped metal boxes.
These videos of quarantine camps going viral on social media. China largely controlled its initial outbreak with a mix of lockdowns, border closures and mass testing.
But a spike in COVID-19 in some major cities just weeks before the Beijing Winter Olympics is a serious cause of concern for the Communist country.
Few residents from cities under lockdown narrated their ordeal to the BBC saying they were part of a ‘big transfer’ of thousands of people to the camps. The Mail reported that 5.5 million people in China’s Anyang were locked down late Monday after two cases of the omicron variant were reported.
Lines of buses taking people to quarantine camps are seen. People, including pregnant women, children, and the elderly, are being forced to stay in these crammed boxes furnished with a wooden bed and a toilet – for as long as two weeks – even if a single person tests positive in their locality, reported The Daily Mail.
