South China officials sorry over Covid break-ins


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© The Manila Times PRAYING FOR PROTECTION People offer prayers at the Yonghe Temple, better known as the Lama Temple, in Beijing on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. AFP PHOTO BEIJING: Authorities in southern China have apologized for breaking into the homes of people who had been taken to a quarantine hotel in the latest example of heavy-handed coronavirus-prevention measures that have sparked a rare public backlash. State media said 84 homes in an apartment complex in Guangzhou city's Liwan district had been opened in an effort to find any "close contact" hiding inside and to disinfect the premises. The doors...