China’s state media has focused on the World Cup this week, but the matches have fueled frustration that people can’t celebrate in the streets. Viewers who watched footage from Qatar of crowds of people attending matches and walking in the streets were left angry and confused as they are locked in their homes by the zero-covid-19 strategy.

Unprecedented testing for Covid in ChinaPhoto: Twitter

There have been waves of comments online criticizing China’s current strategy of maintaining a zero response policy against COVID-19, with entire communities being quarantined for isolated infections.

China is currently experiencing its worst outbreak in six months, and quarantine measures have been tightened over the past two weeks. More than 28,000 new cases have been reported in China in the past 24 hours.

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