Chinese Residents Tell of More COVID-19 Cases Than Officially Announced
Residents in the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus hotspots of Shanghai and Harbin say they know of many more infections than what officials have announced, according to interviews with The Epoch Times.
Meanwhile, authorities in Beijing and the provinces of Jilin and Shaanxi mandated more COVID-19 testing, while Hebei Province issued more traffic restrictions, in an attempt to contain local outbreaks.
Some people said they were running out of food and important medicines as authorities imposed an indefinite lockdown and forbade them from leaving their homes.
Shanghai
The financial hub of Shanghai announced on Jan. 24 that the famous tourist site City God Temple would be closed due to the local outbreak. The government also locked down more residential compounds and streets though it did not announce any COVID-19 cases in those regions.
Hong Kong Locks Down One More Area and Mandates Overnight Virus Testing
Starting from 7 p.m. on Tuesday, residents at 15-27 Pitt Street and 3 Tung On Street are required to complete CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus testing by midnight. All are prohibited from leaving the “restricted area” until the compulsory testing is complete.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at her weekly briefing earlier on Tuesday that future lockdowns will involve fewer streets and be more sudden than the Jordan one. Police blocked the restricted area on Tung On Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on Jan. 26, 2021. (Sung Pi Lung/Epoch Times)
COVID-19 Outbreaks Worsen in Beijing, Shanghai
Officials in China’s capital of Beijing and its financial hub of Shanghai announced new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections this weekend and locked down dozens more neighborhoods.
Meanwhile, the northern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Hebei also reported more COVID-19 cases on Jan. 24, as did southern China’s Guangdong Province and eastern China’s Jiangsu Province.
Seventy-two Chinese regions were designated as high- or medium-risk for virus spread by local governments on Jan. 24, which means residents in those areas aren’t allowed to leave their homes and no public transportation can operate.
Shanghai Announces New CCP Virus Outbreak, Including Hospital Workers
China’s financial hub of Shanghai announced a new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak on Jan. 21 that includes two hospital workers.
While the two hospitals where the staffers work were temporarily closed, all city hospitals have been ordered to conduct nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 on all their employees.
Meanwhile, the northern province of Shanxi announced a new outbreak in Jinzhong city. Local authorities indicated the patients there had recently visited Hebei Province, ground zero of China’s latest virus resurgence.
The northern regions of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hebei, and Beijing continued to detect new infections.