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View all search resultsCOVID-19 frustrations spark unrest in Guangzhou
City has biggest caseload, fueling speculation that localized lockdowns could widen.
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rowds of people in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou crashed through COVID barriers and marched down streets in chaotic scenes on Monday night, according to videos posted online, in a show of public resentment over coronavirus curbs.
Among all the latest outbreaks in China, Guangzhou has the biggest caseload, with new daily infections of COVID-19 topping 5,000 for the first time and fueling speculation that localized lockdowns could widen.
Videos posted and widely shared on Twitter, which Reuters could not independently verify, showed noisy scenes in Guangzhou's Haizhu district late on Monday night of people charging down streets and remonstrating with white hazmat-suit-clad workers.
Several hashtags related to the topic of "riots" in the area were scrubbed from China's Twitter-like Weibo by Tuesday morning.
Neither the Guangzhou city government nor the Guangdong provincial police responded to Reuters' requests for comment.
Twitter is blocked in China.
On Tuesday, authorities reported 17,772 new local COVID-19 infections for Nov. 14, up from 16,072 a day earlier and the most since April, even as many cities scale back routine testing after authorities announced measures last week aimed at easing the impact of heavy coronavirus curbs.
