Shenyang and Zhengzhou also return to containment quarantine
Dissatisfaction is growing: ‘Is this a different planet from Qatar?’
There is no alternative but the lockdown, it seems to continue after the tightening and easing
On the afternoon of the 23rd, large markets and convenience stores around Wangjing, Chaoyang District, a densely populated Korean area in Beijing, China, were crowded with citizens eager to shop. Items such as the vegetable and butcher section sold out in an instant and in some markets, citizens were seen standing in long lines outside the shop. On this day, as rumors circulated that all residential complexes in the Wangjing area would be sealed off, a “panic buying (hoarding)” phenomenon appeared, similar to the spread of Corona 19 at the end of April.
As this evening arrived, news of the blockade of the condominium arrived from everywhere. Contrary to rumors, a widespread lockdown of the entire region has not been carried out, but at least 20 residential complexes in the Wangjing area have started a three-day lockdown management since that day. For three days, residents cannot leave the apartment complex and must undergo a nucleic acid test (PCR) every day. The lockdown could be longer if an infected person emerges in the meantime. Even in unblocked apartment buildings, warnings have been issued to residents to take a nucleic acid test every day and to refrain from stepping out unnecessarily.
In accordance with the government’s scientific and precise quarantine policy, the quarantine authorities have managed to lock down only the block where the infected person came out, rather than locking down the entire residential complex as in the past, even if an infected person gets it is recently verified. However, as the number of infected people exploded, it eventually reverted to full-scale containment as it used to. The Beijing Municipal Health Commission announced that as of 0:00 on the 24th, a total of 1,611 cases (not including cases converted from asymptomatic infections to confirmed cases) had been infected with Corona 19 in the entire city the previous day. The number of new infections per day, which had been in the maximum double digits, exceeded 100 on the 10th and increased 16-fold in two weeks. Although the exact figure is not known as the city’s quarantine authorities have not recently issued a comprehensive guideline on containment, and silent containment is carried out in every residential complex, in the case of Chaoyang-gu, which has the highest number of infected people , is At least 200 housing estates are believed to have been completely locked down since the previous day. It is estimated. In Chaoyang district, 606 people had been infected the day before.
The return to containment-type quarantine policies has also been confirmed in other regions. Shenyang City, Liaoning Province decided to restrict unnecessary movement of residents in nine districts of the city center for five days starting on the same day, and to conduct nucleic acid tests for all residents. Zhengzhou City in Henan Province also plans to take lockdown-type management measures, including restricting the movement of residents in eight districts of the city for five days from the 25th and carrying out comprehensive inspections. Lockdown of residential areas causes residents to become homeless. In Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, where there are many migrant workers from other regions, hundreds of residents who have returned from detention in quarantine facilities are unable to go home due to the blockade of their residential areas. wandering the streets. said to do China’s State Council had previously announced quarantine optimization measures on the 11th and asked not to conduct excessively comprehensive inspections at the administrative district level or expand the blockade area.
Citizens’ dissatisfaction with the tightening of quarantine measures is also growing. Recently, China’s Social Networking Service (SNS) published articles lamenting the situation while watching the scene of the World Cup relay where a large number of spectators gathered to watch the match. One netizen complained on Weibo, “Some people watch World Cup games without wearing a mask, but some are confined to their homes or campuses for a month or two and can’t even get out the door.” There are also posts on social media questioning the quarantine policy, saying, “Are China and Qatar the same planet?”
As of 00:00 this day, a total of 29,754 new corona infections had occurred across China19. That’s an all-time high, more than the total shutdown of Shanghai in April. Larry Hu, chief China economist at Macquarie Group, said in a recent report: ‘China cannot reach zero corona without a strong Shanghai-style lockdown, and the only thing we can do now is tighten control and slow the spread. “. indications that the country is gearing up for a reopening in nine months, but there will be plenty of progress and setbacks along the way.”
