Shanghai says quarantine staff won’t enter homes without permission after public outcry

Shanghai had announced this week that quarantine staff will not enter private homes to disinfect them without permission after a public outcry over the practice during the city’s prolonged lockdown.

Jin Chen, an official from the city government, told a press conference on Tuesday that disinfection is an important link of the Covid pandemic control plan and rules and procedures have been established to disinfect the homes of infected Covid patients.