Panic scenes in an Ikea in China for fear of confinement after knowing a positive in Covid

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Fear of confinement due to a single-contact case caused panic in

last weekend at an

store , as can be seen in viral images verified by Afp.

applies a strict health strategy against

: quarantine of people who test positive, targeted confinements or generalized and mandatory PCR tests.

In spring, the economic capital

was locked down for two long months, in response to the country's worst epidemic outbreak in two years.

store

, authorities tried to hold all customers of the Swedish furniture giant for quarantine.

Videos widely shared on social media show several families locked in the store by glass doors.

In other footage, customers can be seen running through what appears to be an emergency exit from the store in the

district .

Security guards, overwhelmed by the crowd, struggle to keep the doors closed.

This kind of scene is not unusual in

.

Also in

, employees rushed on Friday after a case of contact in an office building in the

district , according to images verified by AFP.

80,000 confined tourists

Draconian measures to fight the virus, including the systematic placement of positive cases in quarantine centers, have recently caused exasperation among some people in China.

Earlier this month, 80,000 tourists were confined to the tropical southern island of

, a popular destination in

at this time of year.

While some have been able to return to their hometowns, tens of thousands of vacationers remain stuck on the island.

China reports 2,368 new local positive cases of

this Tuesday .

Since 2020, the country has kept its borders closed to foreign tourists due to the pandemic.

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