China Bolts Residents Into Their Homes

“China’s fight against Covid reached new extremes after officials in the northern Hebei province were shown sealing residents’ doors with wires and bolts to prevent them from going outside,” the Telegraph reports.

“Covid workers used wires to barricade doors and installed iron bolts on the floors in order to prevent residents from leaving their homes… The measures applied to those who refused to voluntarily hand over their apartment keys so they could be locked in from the outside.”

The South China Morning Post has video of iron bolts being installed on the outside of apartment doors.