The great Zero Covid escape: Defiant Shanghai residents break out of their own homes after being imprisoned under discredited policy - amid warnings Chinese economy is in the 'worst shape in 30 years' thanks to crackdownBy ADAM SOLOMONS FOR MAILONLINE
29 April 2022
Residents of Shanghai who were fenced into their homes by Communist officials as part of China's draconian Zero Covid policy have staged a break out, video posted to social media showed today.
The clip shows the metal fences built along a residential street to trap homeowners indoors have been brought down.
Shared via state-approved messaging service WeChat, the video from financial district Pudong was reportedly captioned: 'Actions speak louder than words.'
Covid cases are still rising in China as the ruling Communist bureaucracy attempts to stick to its Zero Covid policy designed to eliminate the virus - despite experts' warnings that the Omicron variant makes it impossible to contain cases with lockdowns.
Shanghai recorded about 15,000 cases on Thursday, accounting for the vast majority nationwide, despite weeks of the world's strictest lockdown measures.
And millions more Chinese citizens are set to be subjected to draconian Covid restrictions as the sprawling capital Beijing prepares to go into lockdown
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10766647/Defiant-Shanghai-residents-break-homes-trapped-metal-cages-houses.html
