0ur shanghai correspondent robin brant is himself is locked down he sent us this report. more than two years after covid first emerged here, china is still trying to keep it out. and this is how it s doing it. tens of thousands of people forced into government run quarantine. in one of china s most advanced cities, the conditions for some are awful. translation: the moment i really broke down was when i entered i the cabin hospital. we spoke to this 26 year old. she tested positive a few days ago. in china, symptoms or no symptoms, you are forced to quarantine. translation: we were first assigned to the shared area. j the condition was terrible. my roommate and i found two camp beds.
tens of thousands of people forced into government run quarantine. in one of china s most advanced cities, the conditions for some are awful. translation: the moment i really broke down was when i entered - the cabin hospital. we spoke to this 26 year old. she tested positive a few days ago. in china, symptoms or no symptoms, you are forced to quarantine. translation: we were first assigned to the shared area. j the condition was terrible. my roommate and i found two camp beds. there was only one restroom and one wash basin on each floor. many sleep next to each other. i was terrified. i broke down and cried. forced quarantine is one of two often brutal measures that china is using to try to beat covid. the other is citywide lockdowns. i m two weeks into the one here,
we spoke to this 26 year old she tested positive a few days ago. in china, symptoms or no symptoms, you are forced to quarantine. translation: we were first assigned to the shared area. j the condition was terrible. my roommate and i found two camp bags. there was only one restroom and one washbasin on each floor. forced quarantine is one of two often brutal measures that china is using to try to be covid the other is citywide lockdowns. i m two weeks into the one here, along with the other 25 million people that live in shanghai. now for many, that means you can t step out of your gate. for some, it means you can t even go beyond your front door. and also, daily worries about food, for some, even about water. for some, the plight is now desperate a battle to place an order on your phone or a fight with the authorities,