Thousands were trapped over the weekend in a water park in the Chinese city of Wuhan – the first epicenter of the novel coronavirus that swept the world quickly earlier this year.
Massive crowds of swimsuit-clad party-goers standing shoulder to shoulder – and without face masks – were photographed on Saturday in Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park to attend an electronic music festival, according to Agence France-Presse.
Images showed a swimming pool full of people and indoor tubes, leaving little space between each other. No one seemed to practice social distance, as close-knit crowds in whose high water stood to listen to a DJ and watch a man in a water jet suit storm over the pool in a pyrotechnic show.
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This photo taken on August 15, 2020 shows people watching a performance as they cool off in a swimming pool in Wuhan in the central Hubei province of China. (Photo by STR / AFP via Getty Images)
Saturday’s scene stood in stark contrast to what the city looked like earlier this year – when Wuhan’s some 11 million residents were effectively cut off from the rest of the world when the coronavirus began spiraling in January. . Due to a 76-day lockdown, all public transport in the city was shut down, all flights, trains and buses were canceled and highway entrances were blocked. People could not leave their communities without permission – even to buy food from the supermarket.
In a show of good faith, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan in March, and, until April, lockdown measures that expanded throughout Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, were lifted. By this time, the coronavirus had already devastated Italy and swept through Europe, as did the United States.
According to the Chinese government, no new domestic affairs have been transferred to Hubei province since mid-May. Although Western powers have doubted the accuracy of Chinese figures about the real impact of the virus.
More than 68,000 – or about 80% – of the Chinese’s some 84,000 confirmed cases were recorded in Hubei province. At least 4,512 people have died in Hubei province – about 97% of all deaths documented by the Chinese mainland government.
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Despite opening in June, Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park had not attracted many visitors amid a period of flooding and heavy rainfall in Hubei Province. The park offers half-price tickets for female party-goers to attract guests and get needed income. More than 400 tourist spots in Hubei Province offer free admission.
