Shanghai: Green fences baffle locked down residentsAuthorities battling Shanghai's latest Covid outbreak have installed fences to restrict the population's movement.
Green barriers have appeared without warning outside buildings where those inside are forbidden from leaving.
One resident told the BBC a green fence appeared inside his locked-up compound three days ago without any explanation.
For weeks Shanghai's 25 million-strong population has been shut in their homes while officials try to contain the city's worst Covid surge to date.
Images of workers in white hazmat suits sealing entrances to the city's housing blocks and closing off streets with green fencing have spread in recent days on Chinese social media.
Many of the fences, which are around two-metres tall, were installed around buildings designated as "sealed areas" where at least one person has tested positive for Covid-19.
Everyone living inside a "sealed area" is forbidden from setting foot outside their homes whether or not they have the virus..........
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