China's draconian zero Covid policy: People forced to live in cramped metal boxes - watch

As Beijing gets ready to host the Winter Olympics next month, stricter checks are being imposed in a country which already has draconian measures in place to stem the spread of Covid-19.

Beijing: China has been attempting to control the Covid-19 pandemic through iron-fist, via its zero Covid policy. And as part of that policy, people - Covid-19 patients, contacts - are being forced to stay in cramped metal boxes and isolate, reported the Daily Mail. As Beijing gets ready to host the Winter Olympics next month, stricter checks are being imposed in a country which already has draconian measures in place to stem the spread of Covid-19.

Several videos have been posted on social media, which talk about the situation in Xi’an, Anyang and Yuzhou, where people have been quarantined after a few cases of Omicron were reported. The reports in media are based on these videos.