With cries of 'it's fake', Wuhan citizens voice discontent


  • World
  • Friday, 06 Mar 2020

A woman wearing a face mask rides a shared bicycle past workers in protective suits who are resting in front of closed shops sealed off from the road, in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT.

BEIJING (Reuters) - "It's fake! It's fake!" residents high up in an apartment complex in the central Chinese city of Wuhan shouted down as a senior government official led an inspection tour below of how people were coping during the coronavirus lockdown.

In a 15-second video clip, amid jeers and yelling, some residents accused employees of their residential complex of staging the delivery of groceries to households merely to coincide with the visit of Vice Premier Sun Chunlan.

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