Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of COVID-19 have erected mesh barriers outside some residential buildings, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city's 25 million people to stay home, APA reports citing Reuters.
Images of white hazmat suit-clad workers sealing entrances of housing blocks and even closing off entire streets with roughly two metre-tall green fencing went viral on social media on Saturday, prompting questions and complaints from residents.
"Isn't this a fire hazard?," said one user on social media platform Weibo.
"This is so disrespectful of the rights of the people inside, using metal barriers to enclose them like domestic animals," said another.
The Shanghai government did not respond to a request for comment.
Most of the barriers appeared to have been erected around compounds designated as "sealed areas", which are buildings where at least one person has tested positive for COVID-19 and so whose residents are forbidden from leaving their front doors.
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