Why frogmarch a 92-year-old to Covid isolation at 2am? ask gatvol Shanghainese

Their nerves frayed by a prolonged and draconian lockdown, city’s residents focus their anger on elderly woman’s ordeal

21 April 2022 - 19:43 By Bloomberg News

The treatment of a 92-year-old Shanghai woman who was sent to quarantine late at night has caused anger in China, underscoring the frustration that many are feeling under the nation’s strict Covid Zero rules...

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