Covid-19: Beijing compound staff meet backlash after demanding quarantined residents wear wristband monitor


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A compound in Beijing faced a public backlash after staff imposed the use of electronic monitoring wristbands for residents who were in Covid-19 home quarantine after recently returning from other provinces. The wristband had to be worn 24 hours a day, a staff member from Beijing’s Tiantongyuan residential community told Shanghai-based news portal Eastday.com. “You also have to make sure it’s connected at all times … except for when you’re showering or recharging it,” the worker said. “It needs to be worn for seven days, until your last nucleic acid testing result comes out.” In a viral Weibo post on...