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Most analysts agree what this primarily means there is no hiding the fact that there were covid—i9 cases, for a lot of reasons occluding the way the regime operates, the difficulty to travel between provinces and cities already in north korea and the quick border closure, that happened injanuary and the quick border closure, that happened in january 2020, north korea did apparently succeed in keeping the number of cases very very low, for a very long time, we were certain they had cases but they either went detected or very low because of the way the country operates internally. but this out...

Shamed four people for allegedly breaking china's strict covid protocols. let's bring in steven jiang live from beijing. they literally paraded them down the street. this is extreme. >> reporter: that's right, max. the disturbing videos you just mentioned emerged from the border town in southern china where, as you mentioned, four people in full hazmat suits with photos around their necks being marched through the streets for allegedly helping others illegally crossing the borders into china from neighboring vietnam. that's considered a heinous offense by local police because of china's contin...

Border town in southern china. their alleged crime was to help others ilisly crossing the borders into china from neighboring vietnam, obviously considered a serious offense by local police because of china's continued border closure and the tightened covid rules. now, there were some recent local outbreaks blamed on illegal immigrants entering china through land border crossings, so officials in those places are facing mounting pressure from beijing especially ahead of the winter olympics. but those disturbing images really have stirred some very strong public reactions because they have remi...

China from vietnam. now, that is considered to be a heinous crime by local place buzz of china's border closure, and increasingly tightened covid rules. there were some recent local outbreaks blamed on illegal immigrants. so officials are facing counting pressure from beijing, especially ahead of the winter olympics. still, these kind of images have stirred strong public reactions, because people say it reminded them of one of the most repressive periods in chinese history, that is the culture revolution in the 1960s and 1970s. so the local officials so far have very much defended their decisi...

To resolve the issue. it's really paralysed parts of the national capital, but they are waiting for necessary reinforcements. the ottawa demonstrations have inspired copycat demonstrations in europe and elsewhere. justin trudeau was under increasing pressure from the white house to solve the border closure. he held meetings over the weekend to discuss getting the situation under control, but it remains to be seen if the success in windsor can be duplicated. jessica murphy, bbc news, 0ttawa. the protests across france which were held on saturday, against covid restrictions, could be set to spre...