Shanghai has put up fences around COVID-hit areas, sparking public outcry on social media, where people have compared the move to being treated 'like domestic animals.'
Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment disinfect a residential community at Yangpu district during the phased lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak on April 24, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Photo: Yang Jianzheng/VCG via Getty Images
Shanghai authorities have erected fences outside of residential areas with COVID-19 cases, according toThe move has sparked public outcry on social media, where people have compared the decision to enclosing residents in "like domestic animals" or questioned whether the fencing is a fire hazard, per Reuters.
Much of the fencing was installed around "sealed areas," or buildings with at least one case of COVID-19 where residents are forbidden from leaving.