China Covid: Clashes in Shanghai over lockdown evictions
Posted on AllSides April 15th, 2022
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One clip shows a policeman in a hazmat suit removing a protester from the scene
Video has emerged of clashes between police and people being forced out of their homes in Shanghai, as the city enters a third week of Covid lockdown.
Some residential compounds are being turned into quarantine centres.
Millions are confined to their homes as Shanghai battles a fresh outbreak of the virus. Anyone who tests positive is placed in quarantine.
But with more than 20,000 new cases a day, authorities are struggling to find enough space.
The city in recent weeks has converted exhibition halls and schools into quarantine centres, and...
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