Videos of people dragged into quarantine censored in China

Social media posts questioning the legality of forcibly removing people from their homes and taking them to quarantine facilities appear to have been removed in some cases. — AP

Videos of people being dragged from their homes by health workers in hazmat suits coursed through Chinese social media on May 8 before being pulled down on some platforms, as Shanghai’s lockdown enters its seventh week and pandemic restrictions continue to be intensified in Beijing.

The videos – which purported to show Covid-19 positive patients and their close contacts tussling with the workers – come as Shanghai tightens some aspects of its intensive lockdown despite a drop-off in new infections.