On April 13, the State Department sent Americans an advisory noting that the police had specifically ordered bars and restaurants not to serve people who appear to be of African origin and advising African Americans to avoid Guangzhou. But enforcement is lax, say African Americans in Guangzhou, and abuses persist. “For us to have to move on this level to save African American people makes me sad,” Spencer said in an interview. A fifth — the African American woman who called the consulate from the hospital — said she was told her test was positive, and she was hospitalised for seven days. The African American woman who contacted Spencer said in an interview that she was released from the quarantine hotel in late April.

Source: bd News24 June 02, 2020 19:07 UTC