New Delhi: The 20th National Congress is going to be held in Beijing, the capital of China in October. Chinese officials are under a lot of pressure about this. The situation is that the authorities are quite concerned about of 10 Covid cases.

A lockdown has been imposed in Shenzhen, known as the country’s tech hub, after reports of fresh Covid-19 cases. The people there are very angry about this and come out on the streets to protest against it. Videos of people manhandling Chinese health officials are surfaced on social media.

Chinese forced lockdown

South China’s tech hub Shenzhen is becoming quite viral on social media platforms after Chinese authorities announced a forced lockdown on a handful of Covid cases. In the social media footage there, dozens of people are seen protesting against the lockdown.

The megacity of over 18 million people had reported only 10 Covid virus infections on Tuesday. Chinese authorities ordered residents of three districts to stay at home, as China stands by its strict zero-Covid policy.

In a clip from here, a woman is seen shouting, “Police are killing people.” “The subway station in Chawei was closed from 10 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Monday until further notice due to prevention and control of the pandemic,” the city’s metro operator said in a statement.

There is a lot of resentment among the people here about this and people are opposing it. Officials are also believed to be under pressure to quickly end the Covid outbreak ahead of a crucial political meeting in Beijing next month.

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