Xi’an is at the epicentre of China’s current Covid outbreak, and authorities have enacted drastic measures.

“All 13 million residents are confined to their homes and cannot leave to buy food or supplies.

In the latest incident, residents in the Mingde 8 Yingli housing compound in the south of Xi’an were reportedly told just after midnight on 1 January that they had to leave their homes and go to quarantine facilities.

It is not known exactly how many people were transferred, but one person on social media reported seeing 30 buses outside the compound, while another claimed up to a thousand people were moved.

A number of people said they had been left waiting on the buses for several hours. Those taken to the quarantine facilities included elderly people, young children and pregnant women, according to reports. A picture of an old man standing alone in the cold wintry night as he waited to be transferred went viral, sparking pity online.

Some people posted images of the isolation facilities claiming the amenities were too basic, it was too cold, and that they had not been given food.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59855689

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