One Person In Beijing Violated The Safety Measures. 5,000 People Must Go Into Isolation

More than 5,000 of his neighbors had to go into solitary confinement due to non-compliance with coronavirus-related regulations of a 42-year-old Beijinger who tested positive for Covid-19. Referring to information provided by local media, the DPA reported on Monday.

According to them, the man was ordered to isolate after they identified him as the contact person of an infected person in a shopping mall. However, the man repeatedly left his apartment and moved around.

Five days after the order, the aforementioned Beijing citizen and his wife tested positive for coronavirus, the DPA writes. As a result, the local authorities placed 258 residents of the house where he lived in a central quarantine facility. More than 5,000 other people living in the area must remain in isolation. Police began prosecuting the man.

China continues to pursue a zero-tolerance strategy when it comes to coronavirus. The densely populated country is currently facing the worst wave of covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic more than two years ago, the DPA said.

Shanghai in particular, but also Beijing and other Chinese capitals have introduced lockdowns with varying degrees of rigor and are regularly testing hundreds of millions of people in the country.