Chinese singer brutally trolled for purposely infecting herself with covid ahead of New Year's Eve concert
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Chinese singer Jane Zhang has been brutally trolled on social media after revealing that she purposely tried to infect herself with coronavirus.
Taking to Weibo, Jane said that she had visited the homes of ‘sheep’ – a term for virus carriers in mainland China.
The purpose was to contract the virus in preparation for an upcoming New Year’s Eve concert. Jane further explained that she wanted to catch the virus so that she would not be at risk of infection during the concert. Her admission has triggered a backlash on social media.
As a result, she took off the controversial post from social media and said sorry.
This comes at a time when Chinese cities are currently hit by highly transmissible Omicron strains, mainly BA.5.2 and BF.7, which are spreading like wildfire.