Food Donated to Chinese City Under COVID-19 Lockdown Is Wasted or Stolen by Authorities

Food Donated to Chinese City Under COVID-19 Lockdown Is Wasted or Stolen by Authorities
Customers wear masks in a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on Jan. 23, 2020. Getty Images
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Food donated to a Chinese city under COVID-19 lockdown in China’s Hubei Province is not being distributed to those who really need them, and many people have turned to social media to express their anger over the situation.

After several weeks of lockdown due to the deadly coronavirus spreading, hospitals, quarantine centers, and households started to experience food shortages. But more than a thousand tons of vegetables donated by Guizhou Province to Ezhou City in Hubei Province, was stolen by authorities or left rotting in warehouses.