Protests against the lockdown and strict restrictions imposed due to Covid in China have spread to several major cities including Beijing and Shanghai. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Beijing last night against President Xi Jinping’s zero COVID policy. Protesters chanted anti-government slogans and demanded an end to the lockdown in Shanghai for the second time over the weekend.
More than 40 thousand new cases of Covid were confirmed in China today. Meanwhile, the State Council has blamed local authorities for not properly implementing the 20 points of the recently announced Zero Covid policy.
The National Health Commission has confirmed the infection in about forty thousand new people. President Xi Jinping is apparently adopting tough measures due to the Zero COVID policy while the rest of the world is adopting a pragmatic approach to deal with it.
According to media reports and videos available on social media, thousands of people took to the streets of Shanghai yesterday demanding an easing of COVID control measures. During this, anti-government slogans were also raised.
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