News (1)
Another wave of covid in Xinjiang, Kashgar under lockdown
Reporter : Zhong Jingming / Editor: Yun Tao / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/10/24/a102971158.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Image : The entire territory of Kashgar (also Kashi), Xinjiang was locked down on 24 October, and a large-scale outbreak is suspected. (Web picture)
In the afternoon of 24 October, the mainland Chinese Weibo began to circulate a lot of news of Kashgar's lockdown. Some local netizens pointed out that the lockdown of the city was due to the outbreak of the epidemic, but some said it was a so-called "public health problem", and others said it was due to war. According to online real-time flight information, flights at Kashi Airport began to be grounded that afternoon.
After the news came out, the first official reaction was to "refute the rumors" and deny it. On the Internet, a Communist crowd were "washing the floor" at full capacity. Even on overseas Twitter that was accused of "staining red", related videos and pictures were also marked as "may contain sensitive content", which can only be displayed after clicking to confirm.
The official website of the Kashgar City Police issued an announcement in the afternoon, requiring citizens to wear masks and pay attention to safety but the announcement was quickly removed.
Later, Hong Kong media confirmed through the Kashgar Epidemic Prevention Headquarters that the entire territory of Kashgar had already been locked down on that day, and planes were grounded, and no entry or exit was allowed. As for the specific reasons for the closure of the city, the staff of the command headquarters responded “not to say, not to say”.
It was not until the evening of the same day that Tianshan.com, sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Xinjiang Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, quoted an official report saying that during regular inspections, “one case of asymptomatic infection was found” in the “should check” personnel in Shufu County, Kashgar Prefecture. At this point, the official suspected that Kashgar was officially closed due to the epidemic.
The official report stated that the "asymptomatic infection" found to be positive was a 17-year-old female villager in Zhanmin Township, Shufu County. "All close contacts have been under quarantine medical observation."
However, the Chinese Communist Party has always concealed the epidemic. Netizens generally suspect that if the epidemic situation is exactly as stated in the report, there is no need for the authorities to order the entire territory of Kashgar to be closed.
In July this year, a new wave of CCP virus outbreak occurred in Xinjiang, involving many areas in Xinjiang. Among them, in the capital city of Urumqi alone, more than 100 people have been infected by official reports. Outsiders suspect that the actual number of infections may be tens or hundreds of times. The video of the construction of a shelter hospital in the suburbs of the local area was released online.
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News (2) Updated 26/10/20
137 asymptomatic infections in Kashgar, related to women diagnosed on 24 October
Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
After a case of asymptomatic infection with SARS-CoV-2 was discovered on 24 October in Shufu County, Kashgar, Xinjiang, a large-scale screening of close contacts was carried out. As of afternoon of 25 October, 137 people have been found to have tested positive for the virus and have been diagnosed as asymptomatic. The Kashgar Prefecture Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Headquarters has launched a first-level response, and an expert team from the National Health Commission has arrived there to guide epidemic prevention. The Kashgar region has decided to conduct full nucleic acid testing on more than 4.63 million people in the region.
CCTV reported that Gu Yingsu, Deputy Director of the Health Commission of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said that a 17-year-old woman was found to be asymptomatic in Kashgar yesterday. The local epidemic prevention and control headquarters immediately conducted nucleic acid tests on her close contacts. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, 137 people were positive, all related to the Sancun factory where their parents were located. Experts diagnosed them as asymptomatic infections.
Source : Ming Pao
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News (3) Updated 26/10/20
Kashgar surged 137 cases overnight? Netizens questioned the official concealment for a long time
Publisher : NTDTV / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/10/25/a102971665.html / Direct translation
The Kashgar government in Xinjiang notified the local area of a new asymptomatic infection of the CCP virus on October 24, but on 25 October, there was a surge of 137 cases, all of which were asymptomatic. According to online news, Kashgar has been completely closed, foreign vehicles are prohibited from entering, the airport is closed, and even flights arriving in Kashgar are forced to return.
The video showed that local people lined up overnight for nucleic acid testing. At the same time, people were rushing to buy goods in supermarkets because of the lockdown of the city and the community.
Xinjiang authorities claim that Kashgar has initiated a first-level emergency response, and local primary and secondary schools and kindergartens will be suspended until 30 October.
Netizens questioned the CCP’s official statement. Some people said, “137 of them are asymptomatic, do you believe it? How long has it been concealed before this.”
Others believe that the actual number of local infections may far exceed the official figures.
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News (4) Updated 26/10/20
Beijing CDC: It is recommended not to travel to Kashgar, Xinjiang in the near future
Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
The Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a reminder on 25 October 2020. The reminder states that if it is not necessary in the near future, it is recommended not to travel to Kashgar, Xinjiang.
Citizens who have travelled to Kashgar in the past 14 days,attention must be paid to their own health monitoring. If symptoms such as fever or dry cough occur, wear a medical mask to the nearest fever clinic in time, and actively inform the doctor of travel history, contact history, etc.
For those who come to Beijing for medical treatment in Kashgar, Xinjiang, please take the initiative to inform the doctor of their place of residence and contact history, especially if there is any travel history in Shufu County, Kashgar.
Autumn, winter and spring are the seasons for high incidence of respiratory infectious diseases, and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 epidemics increases. People are advised to maintain a high level of awareness of epidemic prevention and control, wear masks scientifically, wash hands frequently, ventilate frequently, refrain from gathering. Maintain a safe distance of more than 1 metre with others and pay attention to dietary hygiene. Be sure to separate raw and cooked food and cook thoroughly to ensure food safety.
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News (5) Updated 26/10/20
Four townships in Shufu County, Kashgar now high risk areas
Publisher : China News Network / http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2020/10-25/9322396.shtml / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
According to the official Weibo news of the Information Office of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in accordance with the relevant regulations of the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism for the novel coronavirus pneumonia (covid) epidemic situation in Kashgar, under the command of the regional covid prevention and control work of the Ministry, it has been decided after research decision that from 12 am on 25 October, Zhanmin Township, Tokzake Town, Wukusake Town, and Sayibag Township, Shufu County, Kashgar Prefecture, will be classified as high risk. The epidemic risk level of other towns in the county is set as medium risk, and the epidemic risk level of other counties and cities in Xinjiang is set as low risk.
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News (6) Updated 26/10/20
Kashgar's aviation, railway, highway and other traffic roads are all normal and smooth. One can leave Kashgar with a negative nucleic acid test report within 7 days.
Reporters : Cui Ning and Qian Chongyu, CCTV, Kashgar Media Center Liu Kun Ali Ada / http://www.minhangshi.com/news_8846093.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
At 7.50 pm on 25 October, the Press Office of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held a press conference on the Kashgar epidemic to report the relevant situation.
According to Gu Yingsu, Deputy Director of the Health Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at present, air, railway, highway and other traffic roads in the Kashgar area are all normal. People who come to Kashgar from other places do not need to be isolated and do not need to carry nucleic acid reports. They only need to implement measures to wear masks, take body temperature, and scan health codes.
Foreign tourists who need to leave Kashgar can leave Kashgar normally with a negative report of a valid nucleic acid test within seven days.
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News (7) Updated 27/10/20
The strange 17-year-old woman in Kashgar, Xinjiang is not the source
Reporters : Chen Han, Luo Ya / Editor : Shang Yan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/10/26/a102972314.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Kashgar announced on 24 October 2020 that a 17-year-old lady infected with the CCP virus had been asymptomatic. On the 25th, another 137 cases were confirmed. The number of confirmed cases on 26 October increased by 26. The people questioned why more than 130 infected people emerged overnight? The 17-year-old woman has not left the local area this year. How did she get the infection? Where is the source of the epidemic?
On 24 October, some people broke out on Weibo that Kashgar, Xinjiang was locked down, and Kashgar's inbound and outbound flights were cancelled on a large scale. Immediately, the Kashgar police issued a Weibo request to the public to "do not believe in rumours, do not spread rumours, wear masks for protection, listen to official news", but soon this Weibo was also deleted.
At night of 25 October, Xinjiang health officials reported that during the regular inspections of personnel in Shufu County of Kashgar Prefecture the day before, one case of asymptomatic infection was found, a 17-year-old woman living in Shufu County. The second village of Min Township, County Station. After that, local investigations of her close contacts and close contacts of close contacts were conducted. As of 2 pm on the 25th, 137 people were found to be positive, all of whom were asymptomatic infected, all related to the three village factory where the woman’s parents are located.
More than 130 infected people seemed to appear overnight on 25 October, and netizens questioned, "Qingdao Chest Hospital epidemic has not spread so much. Xinjiang is vast and sparsely populated. It always feels that there are intentional elements?" "How to achieve all asymptomatic infections? "Why can't an asymptomatic infected person be called a confirmed patient? Isn't an asymptomatic infected person infected as well as a confirmed patient? Can't the same infect others?" "Confirmed and asymptomatic, word game."
Dili Shati, spokesperson for the World Uyghur Congress: "From the time China closed the city to the public security release of this information from 'no listening to rumours, no rumours', first of all, the Chinese government’s epidemic notification was deceiving the public. After the epidemic, you have sealed the city, and you also told people to 'not listen to rumours or spread rumours.' Then you can cover it up later, but you can't cover it up, and you will continue to report like squeezing toothpaste."
This 17-year-old woman is not the source because the investigation found that she has been in Shufu County this year and has no history of living in other places, and has not been in contact with confirmed cases, suspected cases or fever patients in the 16 days before being tested positive.
Former U.S. Army Research Institute Virology Researcher Dr. Xiao En questioned, "The official lack of explanation to the public is how did this 17-year-old woman get infected? It's very strange here. She's a resident in a village. Why is she checked regularly? Even after the Urumqi epidemic broke out in July, two or three months have passed. Why would such a rural woman check her regularly? What happened in this village?"
The local epidemic prevention department has initiated a first-level emergency response and carried out nucleic acid testing for all employees in Kashgar. Authorities said on 26 October that there were no new cases of infection in Xinjiang. The streets of the ancient city of Kashgar were empty that day, all shops were closed, and there are some stranded tourists. Schools and kindergartens in Kashgar are closed until 30 October.
In addition to questioning the official number of infections, the spokesperson of the World Uyghur Congress Dili Shati also expressed concern about the coercive measures taken by the CCP in Xinjiang.
Dirichati said, "I am convinced that in the process of China's defense against the epidemic, the strategy he adopted is first, political stability, and second, to eliminate religious ideology, or China with split ideas. Xinjiang, especially in the densely populated areas of Uyghur, all policies adopted are based on political stability as the highest principle."
Xiao En said, "Xinjiang has been closely watched by the international community in recent months. Under such a situation, the CCP must take tougher measures in Xinjiang and want to keep this matter down. Then the epidemic will become a good excuse to say that it can take all kinds of strict control measures as long as there is an outbreak of the local epidemic, making it more difficult for the outside world to know how the actual situation in Xinjiang is."
The last time the Xinjiang epidemic caused concern was in July. Urumqi claimed to have found more than 800 confirmed cases, which led to Xinjiang’s lockdown for a month. Xinjiang residents complained about “one size fits all” over-prevention on Chinese social media, and there were also videos showing that people were being blocked and were forced to take mandatory medication.
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