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Citizens using the subway with masks in Wuhan, China on 23 = set
[Beijing = Minoru Nakazawa]It has been 23 days since the Chinese government blocked the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus. To contain Corona, the government is becoming more secure from the strict behavioral restrictions and quarantine methods that were first practiced in Wuhan. Even in Hebei province, where the infection is spreading again, the “Wuhan model” is used to control the infection. The number of infected people is orders of magnitude less than in Europe, the United States and Japan, but the impact on the lives of citizens is not small.
◆ 40 million people are subject to blockade
In Hebei province, adjacent to Beijing, the infection has spread as of this month and the number of infected people (excluding asymptomatic people) confirmed so far has reached more than 1,200. In the province’s Shijiazhuang city, which is the center of the infection, lockdown measures similar to those in Wuhan were taken and PCR tests were repeated on some 10 million citizens. A large-scale isolation facility is also under construction that can accommodate more than 4,000 people. The spread of the infection continued in Heilongjiang province and, together with Hebei province, around 40 million people were subjected to an urban blockade with strict restrictions on leaving.
Some 60 people have been confirmed in Beijing last month, but the city authorities are strict with the National People’s Congress (NPC) in March. Especially after the mutant found in the UK was confirmed on the 20th, we will not hesitate to limit the lives of citizens. A total of approximately 2,000 teachers, children and their families were quarantined at an elementary school in Daxing District, Daxing District, where the infection of two children was confirmed. In the Dongcheng and Xicheng districts in the center of the city, a total of 2 million residents and employees will be tested with PCR.
In addition, Beijing’s primary and secondary schools and kindergartens started the Chinese New Year holidays a week or two earlier than planned. In the past year, Beijing’s primary and secondary students were able to attend school for less than half the expected number, depending on grade.
◆ Strict press regulations
However, many citizens accept strict controls. One reason is that fewer people are infected than in Europe and the United States, and there are restrictions on media reports that convey the downsides of control. According to officials from the Beijing media, the authorities have advised refraining from reporting during the year of the blockade. Furthermore, a group of grieving families who had lost their families due to the new Crown and criticized the authorities’ response were forcibly disbanded. Zhang Hai, 51, who lost his father in February last year, said: “The vigilance has been strengthened before the blockade.”
One of the parties, Standing Committee of the Wuhan Municipal People’s Congress, 22,
