Jilin Tonghua update: supplies sent more problems but began to reveal

The city of Tonghua in northeastern Jilin province has recently become the hardest hit by the Wuhan pneumonia Epidemic.

The Wuhan pneumonia epidemic in China continues to expand, with the city of Tonghua in northeastern Jilin Province becoming the hardest hit by the epidemic, with at least 196 confirmed cases and 50 asymptomatic infections as of the 24th. The sudden closure of the city, the roads, and even the doors, caused ordinary residents’ homes to be “deprived of Food“, “unable to do maternity tests for seven months of pregnancy”, and patients “unable to be hospitalized for chemotherapy” and other problems of Life.

The Jilin Provincial health and Wellness Commission issued a notice on the 25th that since five asymptomatic infected people were found in Tonghua City, Jilin Province on January 12, there have been at least 196 confirmed cases and 50 asymptomatic infected people by 24:00 on the 24th.

China News Weekly reported that on January 18, the Tonghua government announced a “city closure” and on January 19, the city’s epidemic command announced that each household would be allowed to send one person every three days to buy supplies with a pass. The city’s Dongchang District Command announced again that from 10:00 p.m. that night, residents of Dongchang District were not allowed to go out.

Some local citizens revealed that the Tonghua government suddenly issued an extreme closure order, “without advance notice, people were too late to react, and there was no way to stock up”.

The food was started to be delivered, but only 7 households of 8 residential buildings were delivered. (Photo source: web image)

A community of 5,000 households, only 200 copies of vegetables were given. (Photo credit: Web image)

A local female resident also disclosed to the Epoch Times that the city of Tonghua has actually been closed since January 15, and even if there was food hoarded at the beginning, there is now a shortage. At present, people in Tonghua are generally unable to go out to buy food, ordering food online is both expensive and slow, and moreover, middle-aged and elderly people are not familiar with how to buy online, so it can be said that they are in the middle of a food crisis.

The local government also ordered that the community homes be sealed overnight. According to a local man, the sealing of the community was done by community members, and although the government claimed that there would be volunteers to deliver food to the families, the reality is that there has been no news since. The man also said that his pregnant wife is due to give birth and is not only unable to complete her pregnancy test as scheduled, but is now facing the dilemma of having no food to eat.

Residents of Tonghua City have said the sudden closure of their doors has led to a lack of food, Medicine and other necessities at Home. (Photo source: Internet photo)

Over the past few days, Sina Weibo and other Chinese Internet communities have been flooded with messages from people claiming to be residents of Tonghua City, saying that the sudden closure of doors has led to a lack of food, medicine and other necessities at home. Some netizens have also condemned Sina Weibo and other platforms for not prominently placing the serious issue in “hot searches” and other places.

Currently, a large number of posts reflecting the Tonghua epidemic and the lack of food and medicine have subsequently “disappeared” from social media platforms in mainland China, while some netizens have disclosed that posts were removed as soon as they were uploaded. Some kind-hearted netizens saved some of the deleted or blocked messages in advance and re-uploaded them to the Internet for sharing.

These are some of the messages from netizens. (Photo source: WeChat)

In addition, in addition to Tonghua City, Jilin Province, there are some netizens’ feedback on other areas in Northeast China, such as Fanjiatun in Gongzhuling, Changchun City, and Wangkui County in Suihua City, where the epidemic is also very urgent, and there are even similar problems of lack of medicine and food in some places.

These are only some of the netizens’ messages. (Photo source: WeChat)

It is worth mentioning that while a large number of people left messages hoping that the government would deploy enough manpower to solve the difficulties in the area, many so-called “patriots” also appeared on the Internet, responding to the incident in cold blood.

The so-called “patriots” have appeared on the Internet, responding to the incident in cold blood.

Some people responded angrily to the netizen’s comment about “passing the knife to the Western hostile forces”, “So we should not swallow our own teeth when we encounter problems and know how to solve them?”