Police in hazmat suits were filmed grabbing screaming Shanghai residents in a video circulated on Chinese social media on Thursday.
Users of Chinese microblogging site Weibo claimed local authorities had decided to take over several residential buildings in Zhangjiang county in Pudong district to quarantine Covid patients.
Videos show residents kneeling on the ground begging the police not to take them away, and dozens of officers scuffling with civilians and dragging some people to the middle of the street