People forced to quarantine in metal boxes as China enforces zero Covid policy

Beijing: China has imposed several strict rules on its citizens under its “zero COVID policy, placing millions under quarantine even as Beijing prepares to host next month’s Winter Olympics. Videos from China surfaced on social media that show rows upon rows of metal boxes to house suspected COVID-19 patients and lines of buses taking people to quarantine camps.Also Read - China Forcing to Cancel Some Flights, Say US Airlines

People, including pregnant women, children, and the elderly, are being forced to stay in these crammed boxes furnished with a wooden bed and a toilet – for as long as two weeks – even if a single person tests positive in their locality, reported The Daily Mail. Also Read - Omicron Scare in China's Tianjin Close to Beijing Ahead of Winter Olympics

In several areas, residents were told just after midnight that they need to leave their homes and go to the quarantine centres, it said.