Criticism of “Zero COVID” strategy grows

The case of a dog brutally killed by anti-epidemic workers has sparked outrage on Chinese social media over the weekend. The incident occurred in the Golden Phoenix Garden community in the Xinzhou district of Shangrao, a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in the northeast of Jiangxi province. Due to a new confirmed case of COVID-19, the community is undergoing a lockdown and its residents are being quarantined while apartments are being disinfected.