Incredible images are recorded in Shanghaiwhich despite being in a lockdown since April 1 and the coronavirus positive are transferred to quarantine “camps”, local authorities are taking irrational and dangerous measures for the safety of citizens, erecting fences in residential buildings.
After the calipers, the removal of small children from their parents, now they “block” the entrances of the houses.
Images of workers in white uniforms sealing entrances to apartment complexes or even streets setting up two-meter-high fences went viral, sparking outrage on social media.
Residents being physically sealed inside buildings in my compound. This is outrageously irresponsible and completely unnecessary. #rapeofshanghai # 上海 强奸 pic.twitter.com/TmeA4hb0ru
– Cameron Wilson @ 侃 仑 (@CameronWEF) April 23, 2022
Some users complain that this is a dangerous measure, as in case of fire the citizens will not be able to escape.
1. Shanghai authorities have reportedly sealed up residential buildings and closed off streets with 2 meter-tall green fencing in the city.
This prompted fresh complaints online, which pointed out the potential fire hazard of having sole entrances blocked off.
📸: Social media https://t.co/shrIcN9o1C pic.twitter.com/LSdttUQewS
– BFM News (@NewsBFM) April 24, 2022
According to the Guardian, the fences were placed mainly in residential complexes, where at least one case of coronavirus has been recorded.
Images of workers clad in white hazmat suits sealing entrances of housing blocks and even closing off entire streets with roughly 2m-tall green fencing went viral on social media on Saturday, prompting questions and complaints from residents.https: //t.co/UGwRJnZ1hL
– @alecolarizi (@AleColarizi) April 24, 2022
Ominous photos coming out of Shanghai that certainly do not appear to portend an end to Covid-19 restrictions any time soon. https://t.co/mVp4uW7HlJ
– Hudson Lockett IV ä¿¡ ä¿¡ ä¿¡ (@KangHexin) April 24, 2022
The report of the current outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic in Shanghai arrived today 87 dead because of COVID-19 despite the lockdown, while the city of Beijing was called to “act without delayAmid rising SARS-CoV-2 cases in the Chinese capital.
China, facing its worst outbreak in recent weeks since the outbreak of the health crisis two years ago, has severely curtailed nearly all of its 25 million-strong financial capital, Shanghai, since early April. infection.
The diocese announced today that in the previous 24 hours 39 patients succumbed due to COVID-19, an unprecedented number.
Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic, which was first identified in central China in late 2019, Beijing has managed – at least according to official data – to keep the death toll below 5,000 and the number of infections around 200,000 in total. These numbers, dramatically lower than those reported internationally, are generally considered very undervalued.
Nevertheless the outbreak attributed to the Omicron variant continues to hit Shanghai, which remain under strict restriction indefinitelyunder conditions in some cases Spartan.
The problem is exacerbated by the fact that immunization rates are relatively lowespecially among the elderly.
The 39 people who died were elderly with underlying diseasesespecially hypertension, clarified the health authorities.
Despite the lockdown, nearly 22,000 cases of SARS-CoV-2 have also been reported in the past 24 hours (symptomatic and asymptomatic).
In all, nearly half a million infections have been confirmed in China’s largest urban center since early March.
A thousand kilometers away, the capital Beijing also announced that 22 cases had been confirmed and warned that it would take “urgent” action to stop the spread of the virus. «The situation is very serious, the whole city must take action without delayPang Xinghuo, an official of the capital’s health service, stressed that SARS-CoV-2 may have been spreading in an “invisible way” in recent days.
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