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A concert at a water park in Wuhan, China, has shocked the world as photos and videos emerging from a music festival held over the weekend, in which a huge number of people can be seen partying without social distance or masks, three months out of the city’s most officially reported local infections.
This photo, taken Saturday, shows people watching a performance at a water park in Wuhan, China … [+]
KEY FACTS
While much of the world remains in quarantine and practices social distance, out of fear of spreading the coronavirus, Wuhan, where the pandemic is thought to have originated, hosts a music festival, photos of which went viral online as humans in other countries gawk at the size of the crowd and how close the attendees fit together.
According to AFP, the scenes came from a concert for a music festival held at Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park, which began reopening in June after Wuhan’s nearly three-month-long lockdown was gradually scaled up.
Thousands of people attended a performance of electronic music, CNN reported.
Local media sources quoted by AFP reported that the park only allows half the usual number of visitors, but no face masks can be seen in photos or videos taken during the concert and there was no social distance to be seen.
According to the BBC, some Chinese users of social media were shocked that Wuhan allowed such a big event.
Thousands of people gathered in a swimming pool for an electronic music concert in Wuhan on Saturday.
Key background
Wuhan, China, where the first cases of coronavirus were discovered, was once the epicenter of the pandemic that has so far infected nearly 22 million worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. Wuhan has reportedly not detected any locally transmitted coronavirus cases in three months. It has been largely attributed to a strict 76-day lockdown on the city, but others have questioned the validity of official Chinese reports about the number of cases and deaths caused by the virus.
It turned out that there was no social distance during the festival, by including photos and videos … [+]
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