Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Beijing epidemic spans 9 districts and 3 provinces

Reporter : Li Ming
Editor : Yun Tao
Publisher : New Tang Dynasty Television
Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                  / KUCINTA SETIA

Image : The picture shows the entrance and exit of Beijing's Xinfadi Farmers' Market which has been blocked. (Noel Celis / AFP via Getty Images)


 A new wave of  covid epidemic in Beijing is spreading. As of Tuesday morning, officially confirmed cases showed that nine districts in Beijing had infections and had spread across provinces to other provinces and cities, including Xiong'an New District in Hebei Province.

The epidemic situation in Beijing has recently been severe again. Most of the more than one hundred confirmed cases officially notified are related to Xinfadi. Some Beijing residents said in an interview with foreign media that the actual epidemic situation in Beijing they saw was far more serious than the official announcement.

According to official announcements, the scope of infection in Beijing has spread to 9 out of 16 administrative districts, namely Fengtai District, Daxing District, Fangshan District, Xicheng District, Haidian District, Dongcheng District, Mentougou District, Chaoyang District and Shijingshan District.

In addition, in the past few days, Liaoning, Hebei and Sichuan have also notified a number of confirmed patients associated with Beijing.

According to a notification from the Hebei Provincial Health Commission on the 16th, among the newly confirmed cases in Hebei Province on the 15th, there were 3 cases in Anxin County, Xiong'an New District, 2 of which were close contacts of confirmed cases in Beijing.

Because officials at all levels of the Chinese Communist Party have always been questioned and concealed the epidemic, the actual infection may be worse than official figures.

Officials of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee admitted in a press conference held on the morning of the 16th that the epidemic situation in Beijing was "very severe." Underground and semi-underground farmers' markets.

According to mainland China media reports, Beijing’s Xicheng District has announced that from 2 am on 16 June, 7 communities around the Guangtao Tiantao Honglian Vegetable Market will be closed, with 24-hour dedicated personnel on duty to strictly control access.

The Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission announced on 15 June that it would suspend taxis (including cruisers and online car rides) from the Beijing business, and warned that if companies dare to continue operations, they will be dealt with "as soon as possible."

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