EditorialQuarantine workers in a Shanghai, China neighborhood in lockdown due to rising COVID-19 cases, March 14, 2022. (Qilai Shen/The New York Times)
EditorialA bus heading to a quarantine facility this month in China crashed, killing 27. The Chinese public saw itself in the victims: a country being held hostage by the government’s harsh policy. (Xinmei Liu/The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated photo provided by Wen Yan of her quarantine facility in Lhasa, Tibet: an unfinished apartment complex with water backed up in the bathroom. (Wen Yan via The New York Times)
EditorialQuarantine workers on a street in a neighborhood that was just put under lockdown for rising COVID-19 cases in Shanghai, China, March 15, 2022. (Qilai Shen/The New York Times)
EditorialDisinfection of urban objects. Army soldiers in special suits are cleaning the territory. Almaty, Kazakhstan, Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan - 02 May 2020
EditorialQuarantine workers outside a neighborhood under lockdown due to COVID-19 cases in Shanghai on Monday, March 14, 2022. (Qilai Shen/The New York Times)
EditorialMandi Cheung, who worked for a while as a cleaner at a quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients, prepares coffee at a shop in Hong Kong, July 19, 2022. (Louise Delmotte/The New York Times)
EditorialChina’s economy has been hit by a broad economic slowdown resulting from strict COVID-19 controls that have prompted repeated lockdowns of cities around the country. (The New York Times)
EditorialA quarantine worker in a protective suit passes metal fences surrounding the Yongkang Road neighborhood in Shanghai, April 27, 2022. (The New York Times)
EditorialA quarantine worker in a protective suit passes metal fences surrounding the Yongkang Road neighborhood in Shanghai, April 27, 2022. (The New York Times)