China now rewarding people for reporting COVID-19 violators

The Shenzhen Health Committee issued a notice on January 6 outlining new incentives for reporting residents that violate COVID-19 restrictions – chief among them being cash payments to informants who report violators of the regulations, as noted by multiple Chinese news sites. Violations include breaching quarantine requirements. For instance, if an individual reports someone who is currently classified as “yellow” in China’s health code system (meaning they must isolate for seven days due to close contact with an infected person) and is in violation of the relevant regulations, the government will pay 300 Yuan (roughly NIS 150) to the informant.-- More...