The new crown epidemic in China is spreading further and many parts of Northeast and North China are already under city closure. Officials announced 113 new cases this Monday (11). The worst-hit province of Hebei announced the postponement of the province’s CPPCC and NPC meetings. Scholars say several provincial “two sessions” this year have been postponed and may even be canceled for the first time.
The outbreak is spreading rapidly in China, and in addition to the northeast, the situation in Hebei province, which is adjacent to Beijing, is so severe that it is believed that the Lunar New Year will not be celebrated normally this year. The Chinese health Commission announced 40 new confirmed local cases on Monday (11), including 39 cases in Shijiazhuang and one in Langfang, while two of the 39 cases in Shijiazhuang were confirmed cases from asymptomatic infections. In addition, there was one confirmed case in Beijing and one in Heilongjiang Province, and 13 imported cases from abroad.
In addition, there were 71 local asymptomatic cases and 10 imported asymptomatic cases. Of the 71 local asymptomatic cases, Heilongjiang Province has the most with 36 cases, all from the town of Huizi in Wangkui County; Hebei Province, where the outbreak is heating up, also has 26 cases, all from Shijiazhuang City.
Ms. Wu, a resident of Dalian, told Radio Free Asia that the local epidemic is spreading and officials at all levels are highly nervous lest they be held accountable by their superiors: “Panic, ah, now the epidemic is growing and it’s complicated. There are those who do not have any symptoms, and those who are just confirmed positive, who get better after treatment, but will also shift, causing the epidemic to keep spreading. Such as this side of Dalian, Shenyang found that the epidemic are not allowed to go to work, and now the epidemic is very serious throughout the Northeast.”
The Xiong’an New Area in Hebei announced the launch of full nucleic acid testing; the government of Gu’an County imposed a 7-day home quarantine on residents of the county this Tuesday. The Hebei Provincial People’s Congress announced that the fourth meeting of the 13th National People’s Congress, originally scheduled to be held recently, was postponed and held at a time to be decided separately.
Many provinces NPC meeting postponed or canceled
This reporter searched the Internet and found that not only Hebei Province, Guangdong, Hubei and other provinces have not announced the date of the provincial CPPCC and NPC meetings, while in the past such meetings were announced in early January or earlier, and held meetings after mid-January. Guangdong resident Ye Xiao Zheng told the station, “I didn’t see news in the local media or official media that the two sessions were going to be held, and this side of Guangdong seems to be quite relaxed except for Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and many people don’t wear masks on the street.”
The Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress meeting was held from January 14 to 17 last year, but this year it is said that it will not be held. And the Hubei Provincial People’s Congress meeting was held from Jan. 13 to 18 last year, but this year it was not held because of the epidemic.
Mr. Gao, a resident of Hubei, said to the station that every year the provincial “two sessions” are held in mid-January, but this year there is no news: “from December onwards, first the district (National People’s Congress), the city (National People’s Congress), the provincial National People’s Congress, the three levels of government meetings were held, and in March the national two sessions. Our community is now starting to brush the health code into the community again, it has not been a few months, and now the health code again, the key problem here.”
Public security defines epidemic rumors as “rumors” and punishes violators
The police around the epidemic are now considering the rumors as “rumors” and punishing those who spread them. The police in Wuhan @ Qiaokou release news, January 11, Wuhan City, part of the circle group circulated a message about “Hanzheng Street has identified two cases, now notify the Hanzheng Street closed all staff in the nucleic acid test”, after verification, the news is not true. I hope that residents do not believe in rumors, do not spread rumors, consciously resist network rumors. For those who deliberately spread, spread rumors, once confirmed, the public security organs will be punished according to law.
The official view is that news not approved by the official is a rumor: “The epidemic is now at its height, and there is a lot of truth in the rumors, which are still more credible. They (the government) say what they want to say, we the people are not qualified to say what they want to say. What he wants you to see, you can see, what he does not want you to see, never see.”
The government is short of money to find private companies to raise money
In addition, the United Front Work Department of the CPC Xingtai Municipal Committee in Hebei Province issued an initiative titled “Initiative on Emergency Donation of Epidemic Prevention and Control Materials for Nangong City” this Sunday to collect anti-epidemic materials from private entrepreneurs. This includes single beds, mattresses, quilts, pillows, buckets, medical garbage bags, etc. In response, many netizens said that the government has plenty of money, such as aid to Africa, etc., so they will not donate any items.
Zhang Hai, a family member of a pneumonia victim in Wuhan, told reporters that the people know that our government is rich: “I believe that many people who understand and are awake and realize how the virus is spreading these people may not donate. Why? Because the impact of the new crown is too great. Many people’s incomes are not as high as they were before the outbreak, and household expenses are very tight. I’m sure companies will donate, but you can’t afford not to. If you don’t donate, he may have all kinds of trouble coming to your door.”
In addition, the Heilongjiang provincial government upgraded Wangkui County’s Huiqi Village to a medium-risk area. Wangkui County government issued a notice that since 6 a.m. on Jan. 11, traffic control with motor vehicle and electric vehicle restrictions will be implemented on the main access roads in and out of the main urban area in Wangkui County. In addition to participating in the epidemic prevention and control, medical rescue and other necessary travel vehicles, other vehicles are prohibited from entering and leaving the main city of Wangkui County, the main access roads are physically isolated and card management.
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