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Chinese authorities implement 'zero covid' policy as Tibetans raise fears of spike in isolation centres

A security guard wearing a face mask takes the temperature of visitors as they enter a public park in Beijing, Saturday, April 30, 2022. [AP Photo]

Tibetans in Lhasa have raised concerns over a possibility of a spike in Covid-19 cases in China-made isolation camps.

The concerns come even as they face difficult situations under China's "zero-Covid" policy, where they are forcibly removed from their homes and placed in so-called isolation centres.

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