China enforces strict Covid lockdown in Chengdu despite fatal earthquake
People prevented from leaving their apartments in the aftermath of 6.8 magnitude quake that killed up to 65
Authorities in southwestern China’s Chengdu have maintained strict Covid-19 lockdown measures on the city of 21 million despite a big earthquake that killed at least 65 people in the region.
Footage circulating online on Tuesday showed workers wearing top-to-bottom protective gear preventing residents of apartment buildings from exiting through locked lobby doors after the previous day’s 6.8 magnitude quake centered in the surrounding province of Sichuan.