Africans in southern China's largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections.
China says it has largely curbed its Covid-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in Guangzhou sparked the alleged discrimination by locals and virus prevention officials.
Local authorities in the industrial centre of 15 million said at least eight people diagnosed with the illness had spent time in the city's Yuexiu district, known as "Little Africa".
Five were Nigerian nationals who faced widespread anger after reports surfaced that they had broken a mandatory quarantine and been to eight restaurants and other public places instead of staying home.
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5 comments:
Look at the stats in the USA.
Predominantly Black cities (and even small towns) have the largest number of COVID reported.
Why?
BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE MANDATORY QUARENTINE!
I have no idea why it's not ever reported, but the inner city neighborhoods are not following the rules, at all.
House Parties (with a cover charge) are rampant in the city. Are the cops going in to shut them down? Hell no.
African Chinese , now that's a new one , Nigerian Chinese , oh well let it be , they are everywhere .
Well 4:12 AM, the surgeon general pointed out incidents of covid-19 are higher among minorities with underlying conditions i.e. diabetes, hyper tension, and obesity. The one he didn't mention was ignorance.
Sounds like a pressing need for more Diversity Officers in China....
Considering where the virus came from, I’m surprised more Africans aren’t running the Chinese out of Africa.
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