China has reportedly set up brutal, eerie-looking “quarantine camps” as at least 20 million people are in restrictive lockdowns weeks ahead of the Winter Olympics.
shows staff fully covered in white protective clothing standing near row upon row of small white cubicles lined up on the grounds of what appears to be a sports stadium.
“There is nothing here, just basic necessities… Nobody has come to check up on us,” one person wrote on Weibo from inside one of the units according to the postThe poster claimed that “more than a thousand people” were forced into the camps in the middle of the night, including kids and pregnant women, the outlet said.Twitter video
It has recently intensified such measures, both from a surge from Omicron cases as well as the pressure to ensure the nation is ready for Beijing to host the Winter Olympics starting Feb. 4.“growing public frustration and anger” at officials “doggedly going after every virus case no matter the emotional or economic costs.”
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