Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 12 Aug 2021, 12:26 pm Print
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Beijing: China is witnessing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases in recent times and videos have now emerged on social media platforms where officials could be seen locking residents inside their homes in an apparent repeat of the extreme tactics seen in Wuhan at the start of the pandemic.
China's National Health Commission on Aug. 9 announced 143 new confirmed COVID cases in at least 17 provinces, the most reported since Jan. 20, reports Taiwan News.
That same day, multiple videos began to surface on Weibo, Twitter, and YouTube showing personnel in hazmat suits placing iron bars over the doors of people's homes and hammering them in place to prevent anyone from leaving, Taiwan News reported.
In one Twitter post, a man appears to be caught in the act of allegedly breaching his quarantine to "get some air" before returning to his apartment, No. 104.
According to the post, after epidemic prevention authorities discovered the man's infraction, they dispatched officers to seal him inside. The next video shows personnel blocking off the entrance to apartment No. 104, the news portal reported.
Similar videos have surfaced on Youtube as well.
China has earned criticisms amid reports that the virus might have emerged from its Wuhan lab.
The Chinese Communist Party is locking people inside their homes again.
— Things China Doesn't Want You To Know (@TruthAbtChina) August 8, 2021
If someone in the building tests positive or has positive contact tracing, the whole building gets sealed for 14 to 21 days, sometimes longer.
August 2021 pic.twitter.com/LyArs7DQN6
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