Protests against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak measures in Urumqi city, Xinjiang, Uygur, China in this screengrab obtained from a video rreleased November 25, 2022. - Reuters
BEIJING, Nov 26, 2022 (AFP): A deadly fire in China's northwest Xinjiang region has spurred an outpouring of anger at the country's zero-Covid policy, as Beijing fights growing public fatigue over its hardline approach to containing the coronavirus.
Ten people were killed and nine injured when the blaze ripped through a residential building in the regional capital Urumqi on Thursday night, according to state news agency Xinhua.
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