Since last month, part of the 18 million inhabitants of this metropolis has been put under a regime of restrictive measures for movement, due to the outbreak of the epidemic.
Residents in Guangzhou they came face to face with class forces after the extension of the lockdownaccording to videos, the authenticity of which was cross-referenced by AFP, in a sign of growing outrage over the ‘zero Covid cases’ policy.
Since last month, part of the 18 million inhabitants of this metropolis has been put under a regime of restrictive measures for movement, due to the outbreak of the epidemic.
NEW – People in China’s Guangzhou city tear down COVID barricades.pic.twitter.com/M28Rw63APC
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Her area Haiju, home to approximately 1.8 million inhabitants, it is the one where most positive cases are found. Yesterday, the authorities decided to extend until tomorrow, Wednesday, evening the lockdown that is in force in most of the region.
In videos posted last night on the Internet, the authenticity of which was verified by AFP, hundreds of residents can be seen protesting in the streets. Some, in small groups, broke through the large plastic barricades that serve to cordon off buildings or entire neighborhoods. In other images in the Haizhou area, protesters attack officials wearing white protective clothing for the coronavirus.
Protests in Southern China over Covid lockdowns! These issues are rarely talked about by the international press. #China pic.twitter.com/2A90Q5EeRl
— karthik gopinath (@karthikgnath) November 15, 2022
“We don’t want any more tests,” chanted the protesterswhile some threw objects at the police.
Another video shows a man swimming across the river that separates Haiju from a neighboring district. Passers-by claimed that this man was trying to escape from the restrictive measures.
Protests in China are less frequent than in the West and, most importantly, with much less publicity. But social networks have often hosted these last months scenes of citizen indignation opposite to the strict ‘zero covid’ policy.
This policy provides for the imposition of lockdowns as soon as some cases appear, restrictions on movement and PCR tests, sometimes on an almost daily basis.
Many Chinese are complaining about the sudden restrictions, which in some cases are causing food shortages and complicating people’s limited access to health services.
Earlier this month, Chinese authorities apologized after the death of a three-year-old child from carbon monoxide poisoning. In a message posted online and later deleted, his father accused the authorities responsible for implementing the lockdown for preventing the child’s access to the hospital.
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