The outbreak continues to heat up in China’s Hebei and Heilongjiang provinces. Hebei surpassed the previous day’s 81 confirmed cases this Thursday, reaching 90. The number of infections nationwide stands at 144 cases. In addition, some civil aviation system personnel in Shanghai had headaches and dizziness from the domestic vaccine, with side effects lasting four days.
The health and Wellness Commission of Hebei Province informed on the 15th that on the 14th day, the province added 90 new local confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia (CCPV), of which 84 cases were reported in Shijiazhuang and 6 cases in Xingtai. Heilongjiang Province held a press conference to inform that as of 17:00 on the 14th, Suihua City, Heilongjiang reported a total of 92 confirmed cases of New Coronavirus pneumonia and 110 cases of asymptomatic infections.
Residents of the infected area panicked for fear of being infected
Heilongjiang Suihua City residents Li Tianyou said to this station, very local people feel panic and fear of further expansion of the epidemic: “This is too scary, to isolate ah, can not go out ah, to save lives ah. One person infected others with the disease, two patients did infect many people, depending on how the government arranged it. I’m also inquiring where the source of infection is coming from, and I’m checking it out.”
Starting this Sunday, highways to Beijing were cut off in Hebei and Inner Mongolia, and in the northeast. The authorities’ explanation is to ensure the safety of Beijing residents. Beijing resident Gao Mingsheng told the station that no one dares to drive out of the city these days as foreign evacuations are currently banned from entering Beijing and local Beijing vehicles will not be able to return if they drive out of the capital.
The city of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, which is the hardest hit by the New Crown outbreak, is empty. (Courtesy of volunteers/reporter Qiao Long)
The capital is divided into zones according to the level of the epidemic
On the other hand, civil servants and residents of some neighborhoods in Beijing, are being vaccinated with domestic vaccines. Mr. Song, a retired civil servant in Beijing, told the station, “More than one million people in Beijing have been vaccinated, and now they are starting one after another, starting with people under 60 years old. Basically, residents don’t go out much anymore. Beijing is now divided into high-risk, medium-risk and low-risk areas.
When it comes to domestic vaccines, most of China’s population is skeptical, and a press conference held on January 13 by China’s State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism said that more than 10 million doses of the new coronavirus vaccine have been administered to key populations since the vaccination was implemented on December 15, 2020. Vaccine manufacturer Sinopharm also said that to date, no one has experienced serious adverse reactions.
Vaccinated people in the observation area after completion at the New Coronavirus vaccination facility in Beijing, Jan. 15, 2021.
People in Shanghai are drowsy after vaccination
However, a Shanghai traveler via Hong Kong, Ms. Dai Lanfang, told the station that executives from several departments of a Shanghai airline company collectively experienced side effects such as dizziness, drowsiness and loss of normal mobility after receiving the vaccine on Jan. 11. She said, “After all the civilian staff of their (airline) company got the vaccine, everyone collapsed. The symptoms are headache and drowsiness and other kinds of reactions have come out, yesterday (13th) afternoon has been a little better, the evening again not, the office has been seven down, all have been very affected by work. They were given the Kexing vaccine. They had the first shot on the 11th, and they still had some problems until yesterday, but today they should all be fine, I heard. They had the second shot on January 26.”
Huang Ping, a Shandong businessman who has been concerned about China’s problematic vaccines for years, told the station that Zhang Wenhong, director of the infection department at Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University in Shanghai, had given the answer on how to choose quality vaccines. “Regarding the quality of domestic vaccines, Zhang Wenhong, the teacher, has answered that it is the difference between domestic and imported cars. What’s more, Pfizer vaccine also has some side effects, just that the side effects of Chinese domestic vaccines are very many, said there are more than seventy kinds.”
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