Watch: People forced to live in metal boxes under China's zero COVID policy

Millions of chinese people are living in covid quarantine camps now!
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— Songpinganq (@songpinganq) January 9, 2022

China has promulgated a number of stringent rules on its citizens under its "zero Covid" policy, putting millions under quarantine even as Beijing prepares to host Winter Olympics next month.

People are being compelled to live in these overfilled boxes with a bed and a toilet - for a period of two weeks or more - even if a single individual tests positive in their locality, as per Daily mail.

In many localities, inhabitants were informed just after midnight that they need to leave their houses and go to the quarantine facilities, it said.

Tianjin city
Authority is busy sending tens of thousands of people off to covid quarantine camps with hundreds of buses now.
Only one covid case found in your apartment building,all residents of your building will be sent off to covid quarantine camps.
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— Songpinganq (@songpinganq) January 11, 2022

In china, inescapable track and trace apps mean close contacts are generally identified and isolated swiftly.

Approximately 20 million people are now confined to their houses in China and are prohibited from leaving their home even to purchase food, as per the report.

This comes after the case of a pregnant Chinese woman miscarrying after a strict lockdown hindered her access to medical treatment. The episode rekindled contention over China's zero-tolerance approach to COVID.

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