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Xinjiang Officials Force Residents to Take Unproven COVID-19 Drugs, Locals Say

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Xinjiang Officials Force Residents to Take Unproven COVID-19 Drugs, Locals Say
People wear protective masks as they wait in line to undergo COVID-19 coronavirus swab tests at a temporary test station in Beijing on July 6, 2020. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Frank Fang
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Residents of Urumqi, the capital of China’s far-western region of Xinjiang, said they are being forced by authorities to take medication supposedly for preventing against CCP virus infections.
The city, with a population of about 3.5 million, has been placed under lockdown for over a month now, following reports of a cluster outbreak in mid-July. Citywide COVID-19 testing went underway and local communities were placed under “seal-off management”—meaning no one would be allowed to enter or leave.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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