12/31/2023 0 Comments Will we lockdown again![]() ![]() The local government acknowledged the issue and apologized for the lack of supplies in a statement on Wednesday. Posts circulating on social media show screenshots of residents pleading for food, with some claiming they have been starving for three days. The situation appeared particularly severe in Huaguoyuan, a mega apartment complex home to around 400,000 residents, according to state media. (Photo by Wu Ke/VCG via Getty Images) Visual China Group/Getty ImagesĬhinese cities rush to lockdown in show of loyalty to Xi's 'zero-Covid' strategy Residents in Chengdu are required to stay home in an effort to curb further expansion of an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the city. By Wednesday, many Guiyang residents had turned to social media to call for help for food shortages.ĬHENGDU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 03: Aerial view of an empty street on Septemin Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. Guiyang, capital of southwestern Guizhou province, placed its main districts under a four-day lockdown on Monday, after reporting 132 cases. In some cities, authorities appear unprepared for the lockdown, causing severe food shortages. People in high-risk areas are strictly banned from leaving their homes, and those in medium-risk areas are confined to their compounds. The size of a risk area can vary from a shop to a whole residential compound. More than 70 cities have been placed under full or partial Covid lockdowns since late August, affecting more than 300 million people, according to a CNN tally.Īs of Wednedsay, China has 1,604 high-risk areas, 1,730 medium-risk areas, and 309 low-risk areas, according to the country’s National Health Commission. Cafes, bakeries and barbeque joints were also ordered to close, according to government notices.Īcross China, local authorities are under immense pressure to stamp out infections at any cost in the final countdown to a Communist Party meeting in October, when leader Xi Jinping is expected to secure a norm-breaking third term in power. Some districts have banned the online delivery of what they described as “non-daily necessities,” including tea, coffee, hotpot and barbeques. “Three days, three days and another three days, when can the lockdown end?” a Chengdu resident wrote on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform. Mass testing will continue daily, and the city aims to eliminate community infections within a week.Īuthorities did not reveal when the lockdown will end, saying only that the restrictions would be “dynamically adjusted based on the development of the epidemic and the need of (Covid) prevention and control.”Ĭhengdu reported 116 infections for Wednesday, bring its total caseload to nearly 1,800 over the past month – a substantial outbreak by the standards of China’s zero-Covid strategy. Late on Wednesday night, authorities announced that lockdown measures would be extended yet again in most districts, covering 16 million people. FCHNA/FeatureChina/APĬhinese metropolis of Chengdu locks down 21 million residents ![]() Residents line up for Covid-19 tests in Chengdu city in southwest China's Sichuan province on Tuesday. ![]()
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