Frontline interview: Chengdu expands testing range Residents hoard food and materials

Chengdu, Sichuan: Long queues for nucleic acid testing in the wake of severe outbreak. Chengdu Shenghua District, Chengdu to expand the scope of nucleic acid testing, focusing on the detection of Chengdu University of Technology and the Iron Plaza complex and other 4 personnel. Minyang Experimental Foreign Language School in Pidu District is infected by cafeteria personnel, the entire school online classes. Chengdu residents began to hoard food and materials.

Comprehensive land media reports, Chengdu city CPC pneumonia (Wuhan pneumonia, new crown pneumonia) epidemic in the risk area has reached three, namely, Chengdu Chengdu Chenghua District, Cuijiadian Huadu Yunjingtai community, PI District, PI cylinder street Taiping Village, PI District Tangchang Town, Yongan Village 8 groups.

Among them, Chengdu Chenghua District from December 9 to expand the scope of nucleic acid testing, focusing on Chengdu University of Technology and the iron construction square complex, Dawson Petroleum gas station, Chenghua power supply business office personnel to test, namely, faculty and staff and students of Chengdu University of Technology, Haiwu Li bistro around all the stores and community personnel, Yunjingtai community around the personnel. The medium-risk neighborhoods are under strict closed management.

A cafeteria worker at Minyang Experimental Foreign Language School in Pidu District, who lives in Group 11 of Taiping Village, Pidu Street, was diagnosed with an asymptomatic infection on December 8. From the morning of December 9, Minyang Experimental Foreign Language School 37 classes all online classes.

People hoarding food items early prevention

Epidemic outbreak, people worried about again closed cities and villages, began to stockpile food, and some villagers have long been worried about the winter epidemic again, early precautions.

PI District Anjing Town, a farmer told the Epoch Times on the 9th, said the PI District Hospital is now sealed, Shaxi market is also sealed, all food markets must pass tests before they can enter, which has just begun.

The resident said that he was actually prepared for this, so he made some preparations early.

“I bought about 5,000 yuan worth of meat five days ago for $22 per pound, and the freezer was frozen, and my own vegetables (were) frozen as well. Because I expected to have trouble this winter, this condition, I had a feeling something was going to happen a week ago, and it did.”

The resident added that he looked at the push-back diagram and believed what it said, “I also told my friends and relatives to prepare some rice, noodles, and oil, which I would probably have no money to buy. All my friends and relatives have prepared.”

“The state says it’s okay, say something happened to give you as much as possible arrangements, but something happened, how to give you as much as possible arrangements? Is that right? If something happens and the road is closed for a while, where can we get the food and vegetables, what should we do?”

According to him, an epidemic in Chengdu on the 7th, their supermarkets around the pork prices, the original 1 kg 20 yuan, immediately rose to 32, 35 yuan, before the bad sales, but also rob gone. But now there are still vegetables in the big market.

PI District, Xin Yuan District, a supermarket boss on the 9th Epoch Times said, the supermarket is now open for business. Many customers are worried about the future epidemic aggravation can not go out, began to hoard food hoarding. Food, household items, such as masks, toilet paper and other things are sold more than before.

Pidu District there is also a citizen revealed, now PI County Shaxi farmers market has been closed, this market supply the entire Chengdu city of seafood, vegetables wholesale market, worried that the entire Chengdu may set off a storm.

Nucleic acid testing long queue

A video posted on the Internet shows long lines for nucleic acid testing in Chengdu, and even businesses on Chunxi Road, the busiest road in Chengdu, are lining up for nucleic acid testing.

The video shows a steady stream of vehicles leaving Chengdu on the highway and none entering the city. Netizens asked, “Did you hear anything? It’s all out of Chengdu.”

There is a steady stream of vehicles on the highway out of Chengdu, and none coming into Chengdu.

In addition, Chengdu Urban Motor Transport (Group) Company said that due to the epidemic, Chengdu buses and cabs are now required to carry 50% of the passengers in medium risk areas.