Metal bars hammered on doors to keep Chinese residents locked in

Several videos have emerged on social media appearing to show Chinese officials locking residents inside their homes as the country battles a surge of the Delta variant of Covid-19.

The move was a repeat of the extreme tactics seen in Wuhan at the start of the pandemic in December 2019, Taiwan News reported.

Multiple videos surfaced on Weibo, Twitter, and Youtube from across China showing personnel in hazmat suits hammering iron bars over on the doors of homes to prevent anyone from leaving.

In one such post on Twitter, a

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man appears to have been caught breaching the quarantine to “get some air” before returning to his apartment.

Taiwan News reported that if authorities find anyone opening their door more than three times in a day, they are bolted from outside. People in full PPE suits can be seen hammering large metal bars in an ‘X’ pattern over one such doorway, it reported.

Another video uploaded on Weibo, and later on Twitter and Youtube, shows several doors being sealed and a recording being broadcast to residents: “People must not go out. As soon as they are caught, their doors will be sealed.”

A video uploaded by the Twitter handle “Things China Doesn’t Want You To Know” alleged that if anyone in the apartment tests positive or is found to have come under contact of a confirmed case, the

ACCORDING TO A REPORT, IF THE DOOR IS OPENED MORE THAN THREE TIMES IN A DAY, AUTHORITIES BOLT IT FROM OUTSIDE