In China, confined residents are getting impatient

If on images published on Chinese social networks, certain buildings of Shanghai (China) are released, the majority of the inhabitants are still confined, Tuesday, April 12. The police watch over it, sometimes with the help of drones. The streets are empty, but well guarded. Some buildings are even padlocked, without explanations. The population is finding it increasingly difficult to accept the measures, which are increasingly drastic.

The sick ones​, or contact cases, with or without symptoms, are taken willingly or by force to isolation camps. “There are more than 40 people on the bus, including children and elderly people. We drove all night without eating or drinking”, writes a woman. More than 200,000 patients are patient in these quarantine places with Spartan conditions.

The Chinese government has no​, on his side​, no intention of bending. “We must maintain this zero Covid policy, and we must do so relentlessly, and without any hesitation”, comments Zheng Junhua, director of a field hospital. Many other Chinese cities are affected by confinement, specifies Arnauld Miguet, of France Télévisions China.