Protests Rocks China Against Covid Restrictions

Protests against strict Covid measures in China spill into a second night and spread to the biggest cities.

Demonstrators gather in the capital Beijing and the financial hub Shanghai, where some called for President Xi Jinping to resign.

Protesters blame Xi’s zero-Covid approach, which involves mass testing, quarantines and snap lockdowns

The latest unrest follows a protest in the north-western city of Urumqi, where 10 people died in a tower block fire.

Protesters blamed lockdown rules for hampering rescue efforts, but authorities deny this.

Protests have also taken place in the south-western city of Chengdu and central cities of Xi’an and also Wuhan.

Wuhan is where the Covid outbreak originated nearly three years ago.