Shanghai Lockdown, Residents Angry for Also Being Monitored Online
AUTHOR: REUTERS/VOA INDONESIA
SHANGHAI, KOMPAS.COM – Chinas main financial center city, Shanghai, reported more deaths from Covid-19 in April 22. The residents are venting their anger regarding the tightness implementation of lockdown and censorship carried out by the city government on line .
The Shanghai area quarantine policy is fully implemented at the beginning April, even though many people have been confined to their homes for longer of the. Residents are starting to feel pressure about the lockdown.
The city, which is battling Chinas biggest coronavirus outbreak so far This report, reported 12 deaths due to Covid-19 on Friday (22/4/2022), up from 11 cases the previous day.
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The patients who died had an average age of 88, government says Shanghai.
On social media, netizens are battling video-related censorship six minutes long entitled Voice of April , a montage voice recorded during the Covid outbreak in Shanghai.
Tracing the silent skyscrapers of Shanghai, the video contains residents complaints about the lack of food supply and drugs, as well as the city authorities crackdown.
All direct references to the film have been removed from the service Weibo microblogging on Saturday (23/4/2022) morning, although some comments criticizing the censorship remain.
Many citizens were reminded of the anger that erupted in the media two years ago after the death of a doctor named Li Wenliang, who was reprimanded by the police for sharing false information about a new SARS-like infectious disease in Wuhan in late 2019. But he finally breathed due to Covid-19.
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The number of Covid cases outside the quarantine area in Shanghai reaches 218 on Friday (22/4/2022), down from 250 cases on the previous day.
