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news You are using an older browser version. Please use a supported version for the best MSN experience. What would happen if online deliveries from China’s tech giants stopped overnight? This city offers a glimpse Yujie Xue yujie.xue@scmp.com Volunteers check orders of daily necessity goods at a supermarket according to requests from residents in quarantine in Tonghua, northeast Chinas Jilin Province, Jan. 24, 2021. Photo: Xinhua/Xu Chang A humanitarian crisis of sorts took...

Draconian Lockdown Measures in Northern Chinese City Causes Food Shortage Crisis and Tragedies Amid the latest COVID-19 outbreak in northern China, a food shortage crisis and tragic incidents have been reported in Tonghua city, Jilin Province after local authorities abruptly locked down communities on Jan. 18 to curb the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The harsh lockdown measures have contributed to violence and suicides, according to residents who spoke with The Epoch Times....

Updates on CCP Virus: World’s Most Vaccinated Country Sees ‘Wave of Infection’ From COVID-19 Variant Many countries have been struggling to keep up with the pace of people receiving their first vaccine doses against the CCP virus. Israel is now leading the world in having the most people inoculated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus per capita, with currently more than 30 percent of the countries’ population having administered at least their first COVID-19 vaccine do...

news Can China prevent a Lunar New Year virus surge? © Reuters Each year, millions in China make long journeys home during the Spring Festival Today marks the start of the worlds largest human migration - an event which sees millions of people travel thousands of miles across China to reach home in time for the Lunar New Year. For some, it is the only time they will see their families all year and is an event not to be missed. But there are fears the Spring Festival travel season, or Chunyun...

The government’s COVID-19 prevention and control system is facing tremendous pressure and fuelling popular discontent.

Locked-Down City’s Police Launch Probe Into Disease Exposure by ‘Patient Zero’ A medical worker verifies a resident’s personal information in Tonghua, Northeast China’s Jilin province. Police in the northeastern Chinese city that suffered food shortages during its Covid-19 lockdown have opened an investigation into whether the “patient zero” of the latest outbreak violated any infectious disease prevention rules. The procuratorate of Tonghua, Jilin province, identified the patient...

Millions in China’s Tonghua City Stuck Indoors as Food Supplies Run Out After the sudden lockdown of Tonghua city in China’s northeastern Jilin Province, food supplies have become a major problem for its 2.3 million residents. Due to the local government’s extreme COVID-19 lockdown measures, many residents confined to their homes are running out of food. Currently, all the food supplies are distributed and delivered to households by community volunteers. The Epoch Times spoke with some of...

The city of Tonghua in northeast China, where a cluster of COVID-19 cases has appeared, has finished its third citywide nucleic acid testing campaign, during which 10 asymptomatic infections were found, according to local authorities at a press briefing on Wednesday. A total of 361,927 people have been tested, and results for 252,879 people are available, said Jiang Haiyan, vice mayor of Tonghua in Jilin Province. Jiang said that a total of 2,750 close contacts and 3,779 secondary close contact...

‘Wartime Mode’: Inside China’s Current Virus Hotspots China is seeing its worst CCP virus resurgence in months as the Lunar New Year approaches. During the annual holiday, tens of millions travel across the country, crowding buses, trains, and planes, to reunite with their families. But this year, dozens of Chinese provinces and cities are urging against “unnecessary trips,” telling people to stay where they are while imposing quarantine measures to contain the virus. At daily virus p...

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