Coronavirus sparks xenophobia fears in China against Nigerians, but Nigerian govt won’t ‘act


Nigerians in southern China’s largest city have become targets, alleged of spreading coronavirus which has subjected them recently to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing.

Beijing having ‘defeated’ the deadly bug being locally transmitted is stepping up its fight against imported infections, drawing US accusations of xenophobia.

However, the Nigerian community in Guangzhou sparked an alleged discrimination by locals and virus prevention officials, after local officials found at least eight people diagnosed with the illness had spent time in the city’s Yuexiu district, known as “Little Africa”.

Five were Nigerian nationals who faced widespread anger after reports surfaced that they had broken a mandatory quarantine and been to eight restaurants and other public places instead of staying home.

AFP reports that as a result, nearly 2,000 people they came into contact with had to be tested for COVID-19 or undergo quarantine, state media said
Guangzhou had confirmed 114 imported coronavirus cases as of Thursday — 16 of which were Africans. The rest were returning Chinese nationals.

The tense situation has made Africans targets of suspicion, distrust and racism in China — and brought a stinging rebuke Saturday from Washington.

Several Africans told AFP they had been forcibly evicted from their homes and turned away by hotels.

“We’re like beggars on the street,” the 24-year-old said. Mathias added that police had given him no information about testing or quarantine but instead told him “to go to another city”. Police in Guangzhou declined to comment when contacted by AFP.

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That's why I felt no pity fChinese being racially abused in the US.

Covid 19 will henceforth be known as the chinese flu.

Akunwafor:
That's why I felt no pity fChinese being racially abused in the US.

Covid 19 will henceforth be known as the chinese flu.

I guess so