Incredible images are coming out of Shangai the city of 25m people that now resembles an endless fortress, with local authorities resorting to any means to keep people from leaving their homes.
The latest video that is truly shocking but also demonstrates the violation of basic human rights shows armed men wearing anti-Covid uniforms trying to snatch a citizen from inside his own home in order to take him to the "quarantine camps" that the government has set up to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The man depicted in the video is one of the many residents of the town who refuse to go to the camps. In fact, according to reports the authorities are forcibly taking even people with a negative test to the quarantine camps!
Men with heavy weapons, are given a free hand by the authorities to invade the homes of civilians, seize them, by any means, and take them to the camps.
"You are all gangsters... You know the result of my test. You are the f@@@ underworld. I'm telling you to get out."[/I], he tells them while standing on the balcony of the high-rise building that houses his house.
Then something like a gunshot is heard and the armed "crown fighters" come out onto the balcony with shields in order to immobilize him.
"Don't climb on me, pull his leg," says one of the "special squad" according to what they are tweeting. The man strongly resists. Someone asks for a knife and then they search for his name. "I found it," someone else shouts. A few seconds later the man falls to the ground and doesn't move.
At the same time there are reports on Twitter that citizens who don't take daily coronavirus tests are being arrested!
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"No" to relaxing measures, says Xi Jinping "We want dynamic clearance"
China should not relax COVID control and prevention measures, China's President Xi Jinping said today during a visit to Hainan Island in the south of the country, state radio reported.
His comments came as China's financial capital, Shanghai, recorded more than 25,000 new cases of coronavirus.Local authorities are under immense pressure to contain the largest outbreak of Covid in China since the virus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.
Xi said China must continue its strict policy of "vigorously clearing COVID," while trying to minimize the impact of COVID measures on the economy and society, according to state radio.
Shanghai authorities threaten stiff penalties for those who violate lockdown
Authorities in China's financial capital, Shanghai, warned today that anyone who violates the rules of the lockdown imposed on the city due to COVID-19 will be dealt with severely.
Shanghai police detailed the restrictions affecting most of the city's 25 million residents and asked them to "fight the epidemic with one heart (...) and work together for a quick victory." "Those who violate these measures will be dealt with severely under the law by public security organs (...) If their actions constitute an offence, they will be dealt with under the law," the police said in a statement.
Killing pets of patients with Covid-19
Videos posted on social media show very cruel images.
In one video in particular, a man wearing a protective coronavirus suit is seen confronting and hitting a woman.
Two other videos show workers also wearing protective suits collecting animals whose owners have contracted coronavirus in order to kill them, while other videos show scenes from quarantine centres for patients.
They cannot even meet basic needs
Many residents have been locked in their homes for three weeks as the lockdown calls for strict isolation and mass coronavirus testing.
However, residents describe a desperate situation as they are unable to leave their homes or obtain food and basic necessities. At the same time, coronavirus positive citizens have been taken to mass quarantine centres, where conditions are considered poor and unsanitary.
According to authorities, 23,342 citizens in Shanghai tested positive for coronavirus, but only 994 showed symptoms. In the latest wave more than 200,000 cases have been recorded, although no deaths have been reported.
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