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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Martin Farrer and agencies

Anger in China after 27 people killed in Covid quarantine bus crash

People queue in front of health workers in protective suits at a mass Covid testing site in Guizhou province, China
A mass Covid testing in Guizhou province, where 27 people were killed when the bus taking them to a quarantine centre crashed. Photograph: Reuters

Anger has flared among social media users in China after 27 people died when a bus carrying them to a Covid-19 quarantine facility crashed in the south-west province of Guizhou.

With millions of Chinese still under tight restrictions thanks to Beijing’s strict zero-Covid strategy, the deaths in the early hours of Sunday quickly became a lightning rod for criticism of the government. Only two people have died from Covid in Guizhou in the entire pandemic.

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