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Frustration turns to anger in China due to ongoing COVID curbs

People line up to take nucleic acid test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) following the outbreak, at a makeshift testing site in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China on November 9, 2022. [File: Reuters]

The main campus of Peking University in Beijing has been locked down, amid a worsening COVID-19 outbreak in cities across China that has forced millions into quarantine and increased frustrations as the government continues with its zero-COVID strategy.

Students and staff at the university were told on Wednesday that they would not be allowed to leave the grounds unless absolutely necessary and classes were moved online at one campus until Friday, according to a notice from the university. The move followed the discovery of a single case of COVID-19.

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