Videos show Chinese officials locking people inside their houses as Delta variant cases surge- Watch

Multiple videos began to surface on Weibo, Twitter, and YouTube showing personnel in hazmat suits placing iron bars over the doors of people`s homes and hammering them in place to prevent anyone from leaving.

New Delhi: Numerous videos have surfaced on social media appearing to show Chinese officials locking residents inside their homes as China grapples with a nationwide surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Keoni Everington, writing in Taiwan News said that the move was a repeat of the extreme tactics seen in Wuhan at the start of the pandemic. Multiple videos began to surface on Weibo, Twitter, and YouTube showing personnel in hazmat suits placing iron bars over the doors of people`s homes and hammering them in place to prevent anyone from leaving.