"Authorities in southern China have apologized for breaking into the homes of people who had been taken to a quarantine hotel"

AP:

State media said that 84 homes in an apartment complex in Guangzhou city’s Liwan district had been opened in an effort to find any “close contacts” hiding inside and to disinfect the premises.

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The Liwan district government apologized Monday for such “oversimplified and violent” behavior, the paper said.