Several residential compounds under closed-off management in Yingkou, NE China
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Staff members stand guard at the entrance of a community in Xiongyue Town of Bayuquan District, Yingkou City, northeast China s Liaoning Province, May 19, 2021. Another two residential communities in Bayuquan District have been upgraded to medium-risk areas for COVID-19 and put in closed-off management. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
Aerial photo taken on May 19, 2021 shows an overview of the closed area in Xiongyue Township, Bayuquan District, Yingkou City of northeast China s Liaoning Province. Several residential compounds in Xiongyue Township of Bayuquan District have been put under closed management since the latest round of COVID-19 outbreak. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
COVID-19 Outbreak in China Extends to 6 Provinces, Source of Infection Still Unknown
After the May Day holiday, local COVID-19 epidemics that broke out in Liaoning and Anhui provinces have extended to other provinces in China. However, the source and route of the virus spread are still unknown, while thousands of close contacts of identified cases have been tracked down.
Just in Liaoning’s capital and largest city, Shenyang, more than 40,000 people were reportedly forced into home quarantine because they traveled during the May Day holiday. People were quarantined regardless of whether or not they had been tested for the virus. According to netizens, local officials were again seen sealing off residential communities, as well as barricading the entrances of some home and the windows of some buildings, in a breach of basic human rights by the government.