Wang Yu has already been arrested, imprisoned and harassed by the Chinese Communist Party for her work as a human rights lawyer representing activists, Uyghur scholars and Falun Gong practitioners. This year, her movements also have been restricted by a color-coded app on her phone that’s supposed to protect people from COVID-19. The health codes have become ubiquitous in China in recent years as the country has struggled to contain the novel coronavirus, pushing the public to a breaking point that erupted in protests late last month. Last week the government announced it would discontinue the national health code, but even after lockdowns end, some dissidents and activists predict the health codes will remain in place in some form.
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Makeshift fever clinics have been opened in Beijing to help receive a surge in the number of patients as part of the latest interventions against COVID-19 and seasonal flu.