Unable to bear lengthy lockdowns and lack of food, daily necessities, and timely medical treatment, large crowds of people in China’s southern commercial hub of Guangzhou took to the streets on Monday.
Video clips and online posts showed people tearing down fences and barricades and marching down the streets in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou until they were stopped by checkpoints and police.
Guangzhou had a new outbreak of COVID-19 beginning Oct. 22, reporting a total of 33,166 positive cases from Oct. 22 to Nov. 15, according to China’s financial news portal Caixin.
Haizhu District, in the south of Guangzhou, was the hardest hit area in this recent wave of the pandemic. Nearly 95 percent of the cases reported on Nov. 14 were found in Haizhu District, according to state-run media People’s Daily….