![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/violent-anti-lockdown-riots-break-out-in-chinese-city-of-15m-as-covid-spreads/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Screenshot-2022-11-15-093447.jpg&description=Guangzhou in China has had the largest new outbreak of Covid-19 with new infections exceeding 5,000 for the first time - fuelling speculation that officials could roll out more lockdownsViolent anti-Covid lockdown riots break out in ChinaCrowds of people crashed through Covid barriers and battled with Hazmat-clad officials in China last night amid fears of further coronavirus curbs. Among the latest outbreaks in China, Guangzhou's is the largest, with new daily infections of Covid-19 topping 5,000 for the first time and fuelling speculation that localised lockdowns could widen. Videos widely shared on Twitter showed noisy scenes in Guangzhou's Haizhu district of people charging down streets and remonstrating with white hazmat-suit-clad workers. Twitter is blocked in China, and 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. Marauding protesters in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou fought hazmat-suited health workers ( Twitter) "It was quite tense out there last night. Everyone made sure their doors were locked," said a Guangzhou resident who uses the name Chet and lives about a kilometre from where the protest took place. "He said local chat groups and social media feeds had been flooded with videos and pictures of the episode. "When it happened so close to me I found it really upsetting. "I couldn't sleep last night after watching those images," said Chet, whose residential compound has been locked down for about 20 days. In anger over localised lockdowns, huge crowds of people crashed through Covid barriers and marched through the streets ( Twitter) Videos widely shared on Twitter showed noisy scenes in Haizhu district ( Twitter) On Tuesday, China 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){kind=link}
Guangzhou in China has had the largest new outbreak of Covid-19 with new infections exceeding 5,000 for the first time – fuelling speculation that officials could roll out more lockdowns
Crowds of people crashed through Covid barriers and battled with Hazmat-clad officials in China last night amid fears of further coronavirus curbs.
Among the latest outbreaks in China, Guangzhou’s is the largest, with new daily infections of Covid-19 topping 5,000 for the first time and fuelling speculation that localised lockdowns could widen.
Videos widely shared on Twitter showed noisy scenes in Guangzhou’s Haizhu district of people charging down streets and remonstrating with white hazmat-suit-clad workers.
Twitter is blocked in China, and several hashtags related to the topic of “riots” in the area were scrubbed from China’s Twitter-like Weibo by Tuesday morning.