Metal barriers: China’s new weapon against COVID-19
China has been employing a variety of metal barricades, metal sheeting and door locks to keep people inside their apartments, buildings or complexes during lockdowns to fight against COVID-19
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Residents holding umbrellas line up in the rain along the barricaded fence for COVID tests outside the locked-down apartment building on 27 April, 2022, in Beijing. AP
A bicycle is parked in front of a barricaded fence of a locked-down residential complex on 29 April, 2022, in Beijing. AP
A resident holding a mobile reaches out through a fence at a residential area under lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Panjiayuan, Chaoyang district, in Beijing on 27 April, 2022. AFP
A worker delivers food to a locked-down resident at a residential area due to Covid-19 coronavirus outbreaks in Panjiayuan, in Chaoyang district in Beijing on 28 April, 2022. AFP
A delivery worker chats with a masked security guard at a barricaded fence of a locked-down residential complex on 29 April, 2022. AP