China is facing a record number of COVID cases, and an estimated one-fifth of the country is under restricted movement.
The COVID-19 restrictions are at the heart of the unrest in China as the country grapples with a rising number of infections after years of quarantine policies.
CNN reports there is “a growing torrent of dissent toward China’s unrelenting zero-Covid lockdowns.” A fatal fire in an apartment building in Xinjiang has raised further questions, with residents in that city restricted to their homes for more than three months, according to the New York Times. An estimated one-fifth of the country is under restrictions, and more than 1.
China’s zero-COVID policy aims to do just that: eradicate the spread of the virus. But in the three years since the first infections were reported in China, the country is now facing a record number of cases.
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