Thursday, March 19, 2020

Re-infection cases in Hubei : Rejections by hospitals, jail as consequence for reporting COVID-19

Reporter : Qiao Long
Editors : Hu Li Quan, Xu Shu Ting
Publisher : Radio Free Asia
Ref : https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ql1-03192020060418.html
Extract translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                            / KUCINTA SETIA

Image : Disinfecting at Wuhan No 7 Hospital. Courtesy of Reuters.



The Chinese Health Commission announced on Wednesday (18 March 2020) that 34 new cases were confirmed on the day, all of which were imported from abroad. There was no new confirmed case in Hubei Province for the first time. Eight new deaths nationwide were from Hubei. A number of Hubei netizens did not believe that the newly announced official cases were "zero". Others reported that more than 20 patients were admitted to Tongji Hospital and 17 in Xiangfan, Hubei were isolated for treatment, but only 5 were reported to be confirmed.

According to the Chinese National Health Commission, on 18 March, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 34 new confirmed cases, eight new deaths, and 23 new suspected cases. There are 7,263 confirmed cases in mainland China, of which 2,314 are critical cases, 70,420 have been cured and discharged, 3,245 have been fatalized, 80,928 have been confirmed, and 105 suspected cases have been reported. Among them, there were 0 new confirmed cases in Hubei Province, and there were no new suspected cases and existing suspected cases.

No new cases reported in China for the first time but new outpatients continue to appear in Wuhan.

Wuhan continues to be treated as a high-risk infection city.

Netizens concerned about the covid epidemic are skeptical of the official figures. Wuhan resident Zhang Ruyi said to Radio Free Asia (RFA) that he doubted the data released by the government. From the beginning of December last year to the present, many facts prove that the official's secretive data on the epidemic are unbelievable. He said, "Is it interesting to tell a lie? Lies didn't start now. The authorities have changed Wuhan pneumonia to other diseases from the beginning. There are 60 million people in Hubei. Many try to heal themselves with  their own immunity and it is reasonable to say there are thousands of people have died in Wuhan."

Information provided by Wuhan volunteers shows that Wuhan Tongji Hospital admitted to more than 20 patients with "Wuhan Pneumonia" on Wednesday. In a picture, the netizen who posted the message said, "Tongji admitted more than 20 covid patients today but Wuhan health commission did not dare to report, and was under pressure." A reporter from this station called Wuhan Tongji Hospital's Medical and Political Department but no one answered.

Wuhan resident Liu Songyang said to RFA that rumors of the covid epidemic in recent months have finally been confirmed, "Now the information is blocked more severely and controls are becoming stricter. We cannot judge whether there are new cases in each hospital. True and false, but it is impossible to clear (the epidemic situation). There must be grass-roots departments hiding the true situation. In the past two months of experience, rumours are often far-reaching predictions. "

An anonymous person in Xiangfan, another city in Hubei, told RFA that 17 people had been secretly detained in Yuliang Prefecture, Fancheng District, but only five people had been reported to suffer from "Wuhan Pneumonia", "Fengcheng Yuliang Prefecture said that 17 people are because they were positive with covid. No one is allowed to say it. They are not allowed to say that to the police even if they live next to them. In addition, they reported that only five people in Yuliang Prefecture were infected. The place where people are being held is not a hospital. They are given injections every day, and they are not allowed to say to outsiders. Otherwise they have to go to jail."





Left: Netizens discuss whether the nucleic acid test turns positive and negative; right: Netizens discuss that the virus carries HIV. (Screenshot by WeChat / provided by Qiao Long)

Nucleic acid tests turned positive for patients discharged from makeshift hospitals

As early as this Thursday afternoon, the lineup of patients at Wuhan Xiehe Hospital's fever clinic again appeared as a bad sign for the people of Wuhan. Mr. Wu, a resident of the city, told this station that many people who were discharged from the makeshift hospitals (square cabin hospitals) are now tested positive, "All that came out of the square cabin hospitals have now turned positive. Now the hospitals do not accept them. Now people are very entangled because some people relapse. The key is that many people who come out of the square cabin hospital and come back after being cured have repeatedly been infected with covid. "

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