Pets of Covid-infected put into bags, people treated like cattle at camps: Unfolding Shanghai’s bizarre lockdown
India Today
Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in Shanghai, the Chinese government has put in place extremely strict lockdown rules and is enforcing them in an insensitive way.
Imagine relocating entire communities of people across areas to control the spread of a new Covid wave. This is just one of the most bizarre and inhuman ways of enforcing extremely strict Covid lockdown protocol by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Shanghai and its surrounding towns.
People infected with Covid are being relocated forcefully to so-called “quarantine centres” situated more than 100 kilometres away from Shanghai. It is said the Chinese government does not want a repeat of what transpired in 2020 and hence has resorted to enforcing harsh guidelines to stem the spread of the virus.
Official government notices in areas of spread mentioned that the residents will have to pack their belongings and leave their wardrobe doors open for items to be disinfected. The residents were also told to leave the front doors of their homes open for easy entry.
Multiple images were floating around on Weibo (China’s Twitter) and other platforms showing people queueing up with their luggage and bags waiting for official transport to quarantine centres.
The notices also mentioned that the pets cannot accompany the infected and a separate arrangement will be made for them to be taken care of. There is much speculation regarding this order as multiple social media posts and videos show that these pets have been caught and tied together, possibly being prepared to be culled to control the spread of the virus. There are a few videos in circulation showing officials killing many of these pets but the same is not being shared here owing to the horrific nature of the same.
To have the best idea of how shambolic the situation is in Shanghai and how badly the quarantine and testing centres have been set up, watch the below recording of a German national who was allegedly threatened to be locked up in a quarantine “camp” without having properly tested for Covid-19.
In the recording, one can clearly hear the conversation between the German national and a government translator.
