In Shanghai, China, a dog owned by a person who tested positive for COVID-19 was brutally beaten to death by quarantine agents in broad daylight in front of many people.
From the night of the 6th, on Chinese social media such as Weibo, videos and photos of a welsh corgi dog being beaten to death by a person wearing a white protective suit on the roadside spread rapidly.
According to eyewitness accounts and the words of the owner, on the 6th, in front of an apartment in Pudong New District in Shanghai, a resident, who was confirmed with Corona 19, boarded a bus sent by the quarantine authorities and departed for an quarantine facility. was beaten and killed on the spot.
The dog owner said that when all his family members including himself were quarantined, he had no choice but to release the dog on the street outside the complex as ordered by the quarantine authorities.
However, when the owner left, one of the people controlling the quarantine situation in the apartment complex killed the dog on the spot.
An official from the Residents' Committee, which manages the complex, said in an interview with the local internet media, "I was worried that there might be germs on it."
COVID-19 is transmitted by a virus, not bacteria.
In China, criticism of the incident was boiling over.
One netizen said, "Is it that a big city like Shanghai doesn't even have a dog?" and "It is a crime to hit and kill a dog that was jumping and jumping on the road."
Another netizen said, "If you say that killing a dog by beating a dog under the pretext of quarantine is rational for the whole situation, will it be rational next time if you take the tablet PC, gold and silver accessories, and money of the person quarantined for the cause of quarantine?" said.
(Photo = Captured from China's Weibo, Yonhap News)