Beijing [China]: The Chinese government’s 0 covid policy turns out to have failed as new cases of the virus are still being discovered in cities in China, Africa Daily Digital reported.
At least 1,000 new cases of the virus are discovered in China every day, prompting the government to impose its draconian “Zero Covid” policy, which has sown fear, anger and confusion among the Chinese people.
China’s Zero Covid policy has forced thousands of citizens to live in subhuman conditions. Zhang Weiya, a Shanghai resident, said, “My arms literally tremble. I don’t know if my intellectual fitness could cope with any other isolation. “.
Chinese citizens have already endured the pain of confinement and now, following the rollback of the 0 covid policy, they fear that it will be repeated, according to Africa Daily Digital.
Government agencies have already ordered mass testing of another 1. 3 million people in Shanghai and ordered them to stay home until the effects are known.
Shops and restaurants have been asked to close in other parts of the country.
Datong City Township Secretary Lu Dongliang left the Communist Party National Congress assembly halfway through and returned because he found that the city was in a “desperate situation. “
The prominent Disney Resort tourist spot in Shanghai has noted that its operations were suspended without notice. Visitors and others living in the vicinity were subject to strict measures.
Some 30,000 more people inside the compound were not allowed in unless their corona check was negative, Africa Daily Digital reported.
According to Africa Daily Digital, at least 31 cities in China are under lockdown, which has affected the lives of more than 232 million people.
Beijing’s Universal Resort was also shut down as new Covid cases in the capital.
The fear of lockdown can be felt among migrant staff hired at China’s largest iPhone factory in Covid-hit Zhengzhou.
In the viral video, masses of migrant staff fled the country’s largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, hit by Covid, amid a lockdown triggered by the Covid outbreak.
“Workers escaped #Apple’s largest gathering site, escaping Zero #Covid lockdown at Foxconn in #Zhengzhou. After sneaking in, they march to their villages over a hundred kilometers away to overcome Covid app measures designed for other people and avoid this. #Chine,” tweeted Stephen McDonell, the BBC’s China correspondent.
Videos shared on Chinese social media showed other people jumping a fence outside the factory, owned by manufacturer Foxconn, in the central city of Zhengzhou.
In the past, several staff members were reported to have been quarantined due to an outbreak of the disease.
Ciudadanos had expressed its anger on social media.
An unknown protester placed a banner near the National Congress headquarters, which read: “Say no to Covid testing, yes to food. No to confinement, yes to freedom. No to lies, yes to dignity. Another banner read: “Strike, fired dictator and national traitor Xi Jinping. “
Many nonviolent citizens of Lhasa, Tibet, in a different way, have taken to the streets to oppose the Zero Covid policy.
Most of the protesters have been Chinese immigrants, Africa Daily Digital reported.
People have feared for their livelihood since Zero Covid dealt a severe blow to their earnings and lost tasks.
“I don’t know how much time is going by to spend like this. I can’t find hope,” said one citizen on Douyin, the Chinese edition of TikTok. “We haven’t had any profit for 3 months, but the expenses haven’t been short for a penny,” another post read.