Experts largely agree that China appears to have no plans to end the “zero COVID” strategy neither in the short nor in the long term.
Residents of the southern Chinese city of Guangdong clashed with police after a lockdown extension, according to verified videos, a sign of public exasperation with the “zero covid” applied by the authorities.
Since last month, some of the 18 million inhabitants of this great metropolis have been under restrictions due to a covid outbreak.
Haizhu district , where some 1.8 million people live, is where most of the positive cases are concentrated.
Read Also
- Dubai Roads serves entrepreneurs with a digital platform Aug 25, 2021
- Insiders called the timing of the release of the iPhone 12 Jul 30, 2020
- Twitter offers a reward to anyone who detects a bias in its algorithm Aug 5, 2021
- They find a tunnel that connected to the Brinks vaults in Villa Alemana: failed robbery left 7 detainees Nov 20, 2022
- Eugenio Derbez confessed his desire to bring a villain to life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe May 25, 2022
- United States vs Canada schedule, TV channel in Mexico and the United States, online streaming and possible lineups Sep 3, 2021
- The painful cry of Checo Pérez when he felt the shock of Carlos Sainz for not braking May 28, 2022
On Monday, the authorities decided to extend the lockdown that was in force in most of the district until Wednesday.
Videos released on Monday and verified by AFP show hundreds of residents protesting in the street.
Some of them, in small groups, are shown tearing down the plastic barriers used to confine buildings or neighborhoods.
In other images recorded in the Haizhu district, protesters attack agents in white protective suits. “We don’t want any more tests!”, the protesters chant, while some throw objects at the police.
Demonstrations in China are less frequent than in the West and, above all, less publicized.
In recent months, however, social networks have frequently shown scenes of exasperation with the inflexible “covid zero” policy, which implies lockdowns as soon as some positive cases appear , travel restrictions and PCR tests, sometimes almost daily.