Disturbing images have emerged with swimmers seen in the former epicenter of China’s coronavirus clustered together for a massive pool party.
Hundreds of people can be seen shoulder-to-shoulder wrapped up in a water park in Wuhan city, where the killer COVID-19 pandemic began.
The photos taken over the weekend at Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park suggest that the careless swimmers have forgotten about the risk of infection through close contact, despite living in the first place that is being destroyed by the virus.
They can be seen standing cheek at jowl as they watch a performance as they cool off amidst sore summer heat.
Others use inflatable rings and dinghies, but with little space to float over.
But these shocking scenes are far from the strict blockade imposed on central Hubei province city on January 23, when the killer bug began to spiral out of control.
The draconian measures stop the movement of Wuhan’s 11 million inhabitants.
All public transportation, including buses, railroads, flights, and ferry services, was suspended and movement outside homes was restricted.
The lockdown was lifted on April 8 – causing the virus to spread through Western Europe and the United States.
Officially 3,000 died in Wuhan from the air bureau virus.
But those living there are believed to have killed about 42,000 people.
Others estimate more the number of cremation urns delivered to funeral homes.
To date, the pandemic has killed more than 770,000 people worldwide, with the Western world preparing itself for a second wave.
Scientists believe that COVID-19 first originated in bats before spreading to humans in Wuhan, possibly in one of the Chinese city’s so-called wet markets.
Conspiracy theories about its origins exist, however, with governments suggesting that it may have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab.
Officially, the total number of recorded COVID cases in China currently stands at 84,849, with 4,634 deaths.
But given the authoritarian nature of the regime, some have doubts about the statistics.
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