Xingtai and Shijiazhuang covid

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Two Chinese cities south of Beijing have tightened virus restrictions on Saturday and issued week-long stay at home orders to residents as authorities race to stamp out a resurgence in infections.

China has largely brought its domestic outbreak under control after the coronavirus first emerged in Wuhan in late 2019 but a spike in Hebei province, bordering Beijing, has sparked fresh lockdowns ahead of the Lunar New Year next month.

Hebei has reported over 130 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past week, with more than 200 more asymptomatic infections.

Most of the cases were in Shijiazhuang city, which along with its surrounding areas is home to 11 million people. Several other infections were reported in neighbouring Xingtai city, home to 7 million.

 

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Two Chinese cities south of Beijing have tightened virus restrictions on Saturday and issued week-long stay at home orders to residents as authorities race to stamp out a resurgence in infections.

China has largely brought its domestic outbreak under control after the coronavirus first emerged in Wuhan in late 2019 but a spike in Hebei province, bordering Beijing, has sparked fresh lockdowns ahead of the Lunar New Year next month.

Hebei has reported over 130 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past week, with more than 200 more asymptomatic infections.

Most of the cases were in Shijiazhuang city, which along with its surrounding areas is home to 11 million people. Several other infections were reported in neighbouring Xingtai city, home to 7 million.

Both cities have announced new, week-long stay at home orders for their residents, officials said.

Medical workers register and pre-check people who are ready to receive Covid-19 vaccine, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, January 5, 2021. workers register and pre-check people who are ready to receive Covid-19 vaccine, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, January 5, 2021. Photo / Getty Images
Shijiazhuang also closed its subway from Saturday morning to aid "prevention and control of the outbreak", authorities said, with taxi services also suspended.

Major highways leading into the city, around 300 kilometres south of Beijing, have already been closed and intercity passenger travel halted.

Supermarkets in Shijiazhuang are now closed to walk-in customers, officials said later Saturday, with purchases limited to online orders and contactless deliveries.

More than 16 million people across the two cities had been tested for the virus since Wednesday, state media reported.

"We haven't seen a clear turning point yet in this outbreak," said Shijiazhuang official Ma Yujun. "The risk of expansion still exists."

The curbs come ahead of the Lunar New Year, when hundreds of millions crisscross China to visit family and friends, with National Health Commission vice minister Zeng Yixin warning Saturday the festival "will further boost the risk of transmission." Authorities are racing to roll out vaccines, with more than 9 million doses given so far, Zeng added.

Health authorities recently gave conditional approval to a vaccine candidate by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm, with emergency use jabs already administered in the later part of 2020.

 

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SHANGHAI: Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, the country's national health authority said on Monday (Jan 11), as new infections in Hebei province surrounding Beijing continued to rise.

A county in the northeastern Heilongjiang province on Monday moved into lockdown after reporting new novel coronavirus infections, state television also reported separately.

Hebei accounted for 82 of the 85 new local infections reported on Sunday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement, with Liaoning province also reporting two new cases and Beijing reporting one new case. The country also saw 18 new imported infections from overseas.

The total number of new COVID-19 cases stood at 103, the highest since 127 cases were reported on Jul 30.

 

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Coronavirus: Chinese premier warns against cover-up of outbreaks

• Li Keqiang says transparency and correct reporting essential to containing the spread
• Number of infections continues to rise in Hebei neighbouring the nation’s capital

 

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China’s premier warned officials against any attempt to cover up or under-report the spread of the coronavirus as a northern province went into “wartime mode” for one of the toughest lockdowns since Wuhan early last year.


Premier Li Keqiang told a State Council executive meeting on Friday that transparency was essential to controlling outbreaks.


“In the process of prevention and control of the infectious disease, one of the keys is to seek the truth from facts, openly and transparently release epidemic information, and never allow concealing or under-reporting,” Li said, according to a statement released on Saturday.


Coronavirus: Chinese capital on alert as cases rise next door in Hebei


His warning comes as China battles a new cluster of coronavirus infections, with a new outbreak spreading rapidly in Hebei province, which surrounds the nation’s capital, the country’s top security priority.

 

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Monitoring and early warning, nucleic acid testing, isolation, medical treatment, contact tracing and emergency response mechanisms should be toughened to contain the virus, he said.


Various countries have accused China of delaying warnings and covering up the early signs of the outbreak, allowing the crisis to escalate.


The Chinese government strictly controls all research into its origins, and a year on, World Health Organization (WHO) investigators have not been able to go to Wuhan to carry out tests at a seafood and poultry market in Wuhan, Hubei province, linked to initial cases.
Monitoring and early warning, nucleic acid testing, isolation, medical treatment, contact tracing and emergency response mechanisms should be toughened to contain the virus, he said.


Various countries have accused China of delaying warnings and covering up the early signs of the outbreak, allowing the crisis to escalate.


The Chinese government strictly controls all research into its origins, and a year on, World Health Organization (WHO) investigators have not been able to go to Wuhan to carry out tests at a seafood and poultry market in Wuhan, Hubei province, linked to initial cases.

 

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CITY IN LOCKDOWN

China’s response to the outbreak in Hebei has been swift and harsh.


Travel from Shijiazhuang – home to 11 million people – has been restricted. Major highways were blocked, train and bus stations closed and flights cancelled.

There are bans on gatherings, schools have been suspended and some villages and communities have been closed off altogether.

Workers are being required to show proof they have employment in the city before being allowed to enter and must also present a negative coronavirus test.

There are reportedly hours-long waits to enter the city.

State-run media Hebei Daily earlier said the province had entered “wartime mode”. That means investigation teams would be set up at provincial, city and district levels for contract tracing.

The South China Morning Post quoted officials stating the lockdown was necessary for the “political security” of Beijing, which is to the north of Hebei.

“We haven’t seen a clear turning point yet in this outbreak,” Shijiazhuang official Ma Yujun said. “The risk of expansion still exists.”

The outbreak in Shijiazhuang accounts for most of the country’s new cases.

China has recorded more than 96,600 cases and 4700 cases since the pandemic began in Wuhan in January 2019, according to Johns Hopkins University.

 

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Millions In China Under New Restrictions Amid COVID-19 Spike Near Beijing
Authorities in China are imposing new coronavirus restrictions near Beijing after a spate of recent outbreaks.

The Associated Press reports that the cities of Shijiazhuang and Xingtai, in the Hebei province, have issued seven-day stay-at-home orders after a week in which more than 300 people tested positive for the coronavirus.

Multiple outlets have reported that local officials announced restrictions on outbound travel from Shijiazhuang, which is home to 11 million residents, as well as bans on gatherings, school suspensions and the closing off of some villages and residential communities.

Beijing is also requiring workers from the province to provide proof that they work in the city and a negative coronavirus test to enter. Entry points into Beijing, the AP says citing Chinese media, had hourslong backups on Friday.

The South China Morning Post quotes province officials as saying the lockdown in Shijiazhuang is necessary for the "political security" of Beijing, which borders the province.

The SCMP goes on to report that many cases in Shijiazhuang were tied to a series of weddings, funerals and other events in a rural village under the city's administration.

 

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COVID-19: Shijiazhuang to initiate 2nd round of mass testing amid latest outbreak
Shijiazhuang, the capital city of north China's Hebei Province, will initiate a second round of mass nucleic acid testing amid the latest coronavirus outbreak, Meng Xianghong, deputy mayor of Shijiazhuang City announced on Sunday.

The city plans to finish the latest round of testing within two days, added Meng.

China's Hebei Province reported 40 new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, all in Shijiazhuang City, between midnight and 10 a.m. on Sunday, local authorities said earlier.

A total of 364 people have tested positive for COVID-19 as the first round of mass nucleic acid testing concluded in the cities of Shijiazhuang and Xingtai, local officials said.

As of Saturday, over 13 million residents in the two cities were tested for COVID-19.

According to local health authorities, "patient zero" in this round of the COVID-19 outbreak in Hebei may have been infected before December 15.

The conclusion is based on preliminary results of epidemiological investigations, said Shi Jian from the provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control at a press conference.

 

[mudhatter]

CECA + Tiong = enuff to ruin the planet


let these two most despicable races fight and finish each other off, the rest of the world can heave a collective sigh of relief

no wonder stinkypura has turned into such a sh*thole

flooded with tiongs and ceca
since when these turd world slanties know how to run a country?

one party state
158th media
61 year rule by a single party
no protests allowed
these dumbf@rks still blindly believe whatever their pap-pigs reiterate

 

[syed putra]

Just look at jiu hu. So many tested positive. But seldom fatal. Did the cronies who manages the quarantine centres fake the results?

 

[Ralders]

We all knew it is serious still in china.

Btw where is li keqiang and jack ma now?

 

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China's COVID-19 case spike forces another harsh lockdown, and citizens are calling out for help
By Bang Xiao, wires
Posted 8hhours ago, updated 1hhour ago

Some of China's local food delivery services haven't been able to meet community demand.(Xinhua Via AFP: Xu Chang)
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Authorities in a north-eastern Chinese city have come under fire for their poor handling of a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, as anger mounts over a shortage of food and medication during lockdown measures.
Key points:

• Tonghua's entire population will be tested for the third time since mid-January
• Residents have reached out to people on social media to obtain everyday essentials
• China's daily case numbers have prompted fears of another wave

The latest outbreak in Tonghua city, in the northern province of Jilin, saw local authorities impose strict measures last week, resulting in residents being banned from leaving their homes.
More than 190 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Tonghua since China's north-eastern outbreak began earlier this month, and residents in the lockdown zones are now desperate to find food and essential goods.
Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday that 14 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Tonghua were held accountable for ineffective outbreak prevention.
The city's Health Commission has launched a new round of COVID-19 testing for the city's entire population of about 2.3 million residents — the third time since mid-January.
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Tonghua has been one of the most discussed topics on Chinese social media Weibo, with hashtags related to the topic racking up more than 1 billion views.
Despite the heated discussion, local authorities, via the CCP's official mouthpiece the People's Daily, have denied that the city is facing scarcity.
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"At present, the city has sufficient reserves of basic living materials [and] procurement and transportation channels are open in order to meet residents' basic needs," a statement read.

"There is no shortage of materials and resources."

But some Weibo posts have said some families have gone without food since Friday.
Some residents have also been posting their addresses to obtain critical medicines and other items, because they say supermarkets and pharmacies have been shut in order to prevent virus transmission.
"The elderly in my family haven't taken their blood pressure medication for five days," Tonghua resident Wang Suxin wrote on Weibo last night.

"We would like to get help."

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Some Tonghua citizens say they were not given sufficient notice about the lockdown.(Xinhua Via AFP: Xu Chang)
Ms Wang lives in Jinchang village, which is about 5 kilometres from the city.
She told the ABC that her family hadn't received any food deliveries and they only had enough food supplies to last another two days.
However, Ms Wang said she was more worried about her 80-year-old grandmother's need for blood-pressure medicines, adding that her health has been unstable in recent days.
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"You can live without food, but you can't live without medicines," Ms Wang told the ABC.

"The lockdown came so urgently, and we couldn't even get a chance to find a blood pressure monitor."

Ms Wang said she was waiting for community volunteers to send the drug on Monday afternoon, after her post on Weibo had attracted nearly 2,000 likes and hundreds of comments.
"I received many phone calls from Weibo users who asked me if I can receive express delivery," she said.
"But post services were shut [in mid-January]."
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China braces for one of the largest case spikes since March

China has ramped up its testing in response to the latest case rise.(AP: Chinatopix)
China's COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise, prompted by a spike in previously asymptomatic patients.
The total number of daily confirmed cases in mainland China rose to 124 on January 24 from 80 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said in a statement.
This has prompted fears this could turn into one of the highest wave of new infections China has seen since March 2020.

China's latest daily case rises are clustered in the country's north-west, which is one of the world's most densely populated places.(ABC News: Jarrod Fankhauser)
Of the new 124 infections, 117 are local infections. The north-eastern province of Jilin accounted for 67 cases — all but three of whom were previously asymptomatic patients who were reclassified as confirmed cases after developing symptoms.
The provinces of Heilongjiang and Hebei reported 35 and 11 new cases respectively.
The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, fell to 45 from 92 cases a day earlier.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China is 89,115, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,635.

 

[Tarkett]

All the chicoms here why never go back help?
All air talk only

 

[Hypocrite-The]

In the past several months, disturbing videos of people suddenly collapsing onto the ground reappeared on Chinese social media, resembling the cases seen in Wuhan and other Chinese cities during China’s first wave of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus last year.

 

[Tarkett]

In the past several months, disturbing videos of people suddenly collapsing onto the ground reappeared on Chinese social media, resembling the cases seen in Wuhan and other Chinese cities during China’s first wave of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus last year.

The chinese citizens are the ones suffering the most.

 

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In the past several months, disturbing videos of people suddenly collapsing onto the ground reappeared on Chinese social media, resembling the cases seen in Wuhan and other Chinese cities during China’s first wave of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus last year.

Probably due to lack of food caused by economic collapse. Nothing to do with virus.its gomen policy thsts killing the people.