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.
