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EXPLAINER: How China is using metal barriers to fight COVID

A man wearing a face mask to protect from the coronavirus rides on a bicycle past a barricaded fence of a locked-down residential complex on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Beijing. China employs a variety of metal barricades, metal sheeting and door locks to keep people inside their apartments, buildings or complexes during lockdowns. The barriers have been deployed in multiple cities across China as part of the fight against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A bicycle is parked in front of a barricaded fence of a locked-down residential complex on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Beijing. China employs a variety of metal barricades, metal sheeting and door locks to keep people inside their apartments, buildings or complexes during lockdowns. The barriers have been deployed in multiple cities across China as part of the fight against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Residents chat each others behind a barricaded fence of a locked-down residential complex on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Beijing. China employs a variety of metal barricades, metal sheeting and door locks to keep people inside their apartments, buildings or complexes during lockdowns. The barriers have been deployed in multiple cities across China as part of the fight against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A man wearing a face mask rides on a bicycle passing by residents behind a barricaded fence of a locked-down residential complex on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Beijing. China employs a variety of metal barricades, metal sheeting and door locks to keep people inside their apartments, buildings or complexes during lockdowns. The barriers have been deployed in multiple cities across China as part of the fight against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A delivery worker chats with a masked security guard at a barricaded fence of a locked-down residential complex on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Beijing. China employs a variety of metal barricades, metal sheeting and door locks to keep people inside their apartments, buildings or complexes during lockdowns. The barriers have been deployed in multiple cities across China as part of the fight against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A resident wearing a face mask stands watch behind a barricaded fence of a locked-down residential complex on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. China employs a variety of metal barricades, metal sheeting and door locks to keep people inside their apartments, buildings or complexes during lockdowns. The barriers have been deployed in multiple cities across China as part of the fight against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Residents holding umbrellas line up in the rain along the barricaded fence for COVID tests outside the locked-down apartment building on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in Beijing. China employs a variety of metal barricades, metal sheeting and door locks to keep people inside their apartments, buildings or complexes during lockdowns. The barriers have been deployed in multiple cities across China as part of the fight against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
EXPLAINER: How China is using metal barriers to fight COVID