Chinese County Deploys Hundreds of Drones to Monitor Residents’ Movements Amid COVID Lockdown

Chinese County Deploys Hundreds of Drones to Monitor Residents’ Movements Amid COVID Lockdown
A new DJI Mavic Zoom drone flies during a product launch event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City, on Aug. 23, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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A northern China county imposed stay-at-home quarantine upon citizens during Chinese New Year holidays starting from Feb. 1, sending hundreds of drones to monitor movement in the region. But one resident said the Chinese regime’s harsh measures aim at enforcing control rather than battling the outbreak.

The health commission of Gucheng County, Hebei Province, reported four infections on Jan. 31 and one more on the following day. News came out that residents underwent four large-scale tests for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as COVID-19, for five consecutive days. However, the authorities did not publish the results of confirmed cases.
Frank Yue
Frank Yue
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Frank Yue is a Canada-based journalist for The Epoch Times who covers China-related news. He also holds an M.A. in English language and literature from Tianjin Foreign Studies University, China.
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