China has recorded its first deaths from the COVID-19 virus in six months, in its capital city, Beijing.
Three persons were reported to have died from the virus, in Beijing, totaling the death toll in the country to 5,229.
Before the recorded fatalities, a series of protests were said to have ensued from the extreme ‘Zero-Covid policy’ methods being used.
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Millions of persons were said to have been locked down and those who tested positive were forcibly quarantined.
Beijing -a city with over 21 million people- has had some parts on lockdown, shops and schools have been closed, and about three million people have been urged to stay at home.
China attributes the low number of deaths from coronavirus to the zero-Covid policy but reports have shown that the quarantine facilities have delayed emergency treatments for people locked in it.
Officials have issued a warning that the country’s capital is facing its most severe situation since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
