Reports: Authorities Force Beijing Hotel to Mandatory Quarantine After Zimbabwean VP Tested Positive For COVID

Exterior of the Legendale Hotel in Beijing following the confirmation of an asymptomatic COVID test within the delegation of visiting Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga.

Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po newspaper is reporting that the Beijing Wangfujing Legendale Hotel is now under a mandatory 21-day quarantine after a Zimbabwean Vice President, most likely Constantino Chiwenga, tested positive for asymptomatic COVID-19.

Hotel guests took to Weibo to vent their anger at both the Vice President, hotel management, and even the government for even letting the VP into the country in the first place:

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