China is strictly following the 'zero-Covid' policy of constantly monitoring, testing and isolating its citizens to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. However, a recent video showed people were not allowed to leave their buildings during a 6.6 magnitude earthquake due to the strict rules.
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India Today could not independently verify the authenticity of the video. However, several Chinese Twitter handles shared the video criticising the strict measures even during the earthquake.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing at least 21 people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and more distant provinces.
The epicentre was at the town of Luding, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said, in the mountains about 226 km southwest of Chengdu.
Earthquakes are common in the southwestern province of Sichuan, especially in its mountains in the west, a tectonically active area along the eastern boundary of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.