In Shanghai, China, the entrance to an apartment building has even been blocked with barbed wire. The city lockdown to contain the corona is getting stronger. In the midst of this, cluster infections are also occurring in the capital city of Beijing.
This is Correspondent Songwook in Beijing.
A barbed wire fence is installed in front of the apartment entrance door in Shanghai.
This is to prevent residents from leaving the apartment.
[주민위원회 관계자 : 상급 방역 지휘부의 명령에 따라, ‘통제구역’ 건물은 임시 봉쇄조치를 시행합니다.]
As the road was closed with barbed wire and the blockade of residential complexes was strengthened, residents began protesting.
[상하이 주민 : 무슨 생각으로, 어떤 간부가 이렇게 하라고 시켰습니까?]
In areas where public toilets are used, portable toilets were provided to each house.
In Shanghai, where lockdown began on the 28th of last month, there are still around 20,000 new cases of COVID-19, and the death toll has risen to 87.
There is still a shortage of food supplies and complaints about receiving moldy meat and other items are continuing.
A video of the despair of Shanghai residents and critics of the authorities was posted on the Internet, but was immediately deleted in China.
[이웃에 약을 구하는 주민 (‘4월의 목소리’ 영상) : 우리 아이가 열이 납니다. 아주머니, 계시나요?]
In the midst of this, the capital city of Beijing is also in an emergency.
Following the group infection of about 10 students at a middle school, there were also cases of infection by group tourists and interior company employees.
[팡싱훠/베이징시 질병예방통제센터 부주임 : 이번 감염은 이미 일주일 동안 조용하게 전파됐으며, 감염자군이 다양하고, 활동 범위도 넓습니다.]
Schools where the cluster infection occurred have suspended classes, and access to residential areas of the infected is controlled.
Some are concerned that Beijing will be closed like Shanghai.
(Video source: Weibo, China, video coverage: Gyu Ma, video editing: Jinwon Kim)