An-Najah News - Several African countries demanded separately China address their concerns that Africans, in particular in the southern city of Guangzhou, are being mistreated and harassed which China denied it.

 China is now concerned about imported cases and is stepping up scrutiny of foreigners coming into the country and tightening border controls.

 Africans in Guangzhou have reported being ejected from their apartments by their landlords, being tested for coronavirus several times without being given results and being shunned and discriminated against in public. 

The ambassadors’ note “stigmatisation and discrimination” created the false impression that the virus was being spread by Africans and they demand immediately the cessation of forceful testing, quarantine and other inhuman treatments meted out to Africans,” it said.

The ambassador said in response to the questions from the house leader that he took the complaints “very seriously” and promised to convey them to the authorities back home.