The city of 3.5 million people has reported no new cases of COVID-19 since August 16.
China has relaxed some Covid-19 lockdown measures on the city of Urumqi in Xinjiang following a surge of complaints about their severity on Chinese social media.
At least two people in Xinjiang who left their houses without permission were handcuffed to fences as a punishment, according to photos circulating on Chinese media. However, the South China Morning Post was unable to confirm the authenticity of the photos, or how frequently this had occurred. A former Urumqi resident, who gave her name as Snow, said her Weibo post was deleted after she put up a video filmed in the city showing a police officer yelling through a loudspeaker at a resident who left home during lockdown. She declined to give her full name, saying she needed to protect family members in the region from retaliation by the authorities.
Calls to the officials by the Post found most of the lines engaged. Three were answered by secretaries or colleagues, while one call directly reached an official. Zhu deleted the post on Sunday evening after being contacted by local cybersecurity personnel, according to an update shared with the Post. Screenshots uploaded by other Weibo users have also been removed.
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