Epidemic out of control? Shijiazhuang now price gouging Authorities ask to report

The communist virus outbreak in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, has worsened, with another spike in the number of confirmed cases. Official figures show that 44 new cases were confirmed locally and 13 local asymptomatic cases were added in a single day. A wide range of ages were diagnosed, from half-year-old babies to 82-year-olds. Many of the confirmed patients had attended weddings, and there is fear of a wider outbreak. Price gouging and hoarding have occurred locally, and authorities are encouraging reporting of those involved.

On January 9, Shijiazhuang officials formulated provisional measures on reporting rewards in the field of market supervision during the epidemic prevention and control, claiming that reporting price inflation, hoarding, fabricating and spreading information about price increases and disturbing the market order can be rewarded with a maximum of 5,000 RMB

Hebei Provincial health Commission website January 10 news, January 9 0-24 hours, Hebei Province, 46 new confirmed cases, 44 cases in Shijiazhuang City; Hebei 13 new cases of local asymptomatic infection, all in Shijiazhuang City.

According to the official public information about the confirmed cases, the 44 confirmed cases in Shijiazhuang are mostly middle-aged and elderly, the youngest being a 6-month-old baby and the oldest being an 82-year-old woman.

The confirmed cases were distributed in Xiao Guo Zhuang Village, Zengcun Town, Gaocheng District, Nan Qiaozhai Village, Zengcun Town, Gaocheng District, Qiaoxi District, Pingan District, Grain Station Dormitory, Liu Jiazuo Village, Zengcun Town, Gaocheng District, Bao Jiazhuang Village, Zhang Jiazhuang Town, Gaocheng District, Hand Tai Town, Xinle City, Sturdy Village, Niu Jiazhuang Village, Zengcun Town, Gaocheng District, Zhao Village New District, Wuzhi County, Hao Zhuang Township, Northeast Far Village, Zhang Jia Zhuang Village, Matoupu Town, Xinle City, Yuhua District, Tianhai Honorable World District, Area A, etc.

Which was diagnosed 6 months old baby girl, two days before, its parents have been diagnosed. The family now lives in the dormitory of the grain station in Ping’an District, Qiaoxi District.

There is also a 33-year-old female confirmed patient who now lives in Shijiazhuang City.

According to official information alone, the outbreak appears to be community-transmissible and multigenerational. A number of confirmed cases have attended weddings, and it is feared that more confirmed cases will follow.

Netizens followed up by saying, “So many confirmed cases at once?” “The outbreak in Hebei is continuing to fester, it’s horrible!” “Half-year-old baby and parents are diagnosed, it’s so pathetic!”

On January 8, Shijiazhuang added nine new plague-medium risk areas.

From January 10, Shijiazhuang added four more plague medium risk areas, including the Yuhua District Tianhai Goodwill World District, the West Bridge District Platinum Apartments, China Resources Vientiane City, and the Luquan District Guanfeng Jiadi District.

According to the report, as of 24:00 on January 9, there were 183 confirmed local cases in Hebei Province, 6 cumulative deaths, and 522 cumulative reports of confirmed local cases and 36 imported cases from abroad. But the official figures are questionable because the Communist Party has a history of concealing the truth about the epidemic.

The rapid outbreak and continued spread of the epidemic in Shijiazhuang triggered panic among the local population and led to price hikes and hoarding of goods.

On January 9, Shijiazhuang officials formulated temporary measures for reporting rewards in the field of market supervision during the epidemic prevention and control period, claiming that reporting price inflating, hoarding, fabricating and spreading information about price increases and disturbing the market order could be rewarded with a maximum of 5,000 yuan.

A netizen posted mockingly, “The price of housing has risen year after year; does it count as price gouging?”