Fear of imprisonment due to a contact case of coronavirus sparked panic scenes last weekend at a grocery store. Ikea in Shanghaiaccording to viral images confirmed AFP.
China has a very strict COVID-19 health policy that includes systematic quarantine for people who test positive and widespread and mandatory PCR tests.
Shanghai was closed for two months last spring due to the country’s largest outbreak in two years.
On Saturday, after learning about the presence of one contact case in the store Ikeathe authorities tried to keep all the customers who were inside in order to quarantine them.
Videos widely shared on social media show numerous families locked in by closing glass doors.
Other footage shows shoppers running out of an emergency exit at a store located in the Xuhui area. The security agents, surrounded by the crowd, try to keep the doors closed.
Similar cases
Scenes like this are not unusual for China. AT Shanghaisome employees fled Friday after a contact incident occurred in an office building in Huangpu District, according to images verified AFP.
China reported 2,368 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Since 2020 and due to the pandemic, the country has closed its borders to foreign tourists. (AFP)
Source: RPP
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