‘It could be from anywhere’: is it fair to blame Hong Kong for Shenzhen’s Covid-19 outbreak?

Shenzhen residents have expressed growing concern as the city struggles to contain its current Covid-19 outbreak with rumours blaming illegal border crossings from neighbouring Hong Kong – even though the city has never confirmed how the outbreak started a month ago and dismissed the Hong Kong rumours.

But with the city reporting new cases for more than a month and some residents being ordered to take Covid-19 tests every day, the sense of frustration is growing.