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News (1) to (2) / Source : Borneo Bulletin
News (1)
38 new local covid cases in Brunei; control measures tightened
Brunei reports 38 new local covid
cases on 9 August 2021 with two new clusters, and four inbound cases, bringing
the national tally to 406.
According
to the Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Hj Md Isham Bin Hj Jaafar in a
press conference held at the Ministry of Health (MOH) building in Commonwealth
Drive on 9 August, 29 new cases are related to Case 363 reported on 8 August.
This cluster is known as the Chung Hwa KB Cluster.
5
new cases are related to Case 364 reported on 8 August. This cluster is known
as the ABCi Cluster.
4
new inbound cases are members of one family who arrived from Africa via Kuala
Lumpur on 30 July 2021.
Contact
tracing for all these new cases is currently undergoing. All identified close
contacts are required to undergo mandatory quarantine and RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 (covi)
tests.
On 8 August 2021, Brunei reports 7 local covid cases.
News (2)
Brunei imposes stricter control
measures until 21 August 2021
The
Minister of Health also informed that with immediate effect until 21 August
2021, stricter control measures are imposed to curb the further spread of covi.
Mass gatherings
are not allowed with the following exemptions:
–
Mass gathering of 15 people for non-covid funerals.
– Mass gathering of 5 people for
solemnisation ceremony.
– For elderly parents living separately from other family members, only 2
family members are allowed to visit at any one time.
– Recreational activities such as jogging and hiking are allowed individually
without the need to wear a face mask. However, group activities are only
allowed for 2 people living in the same household.
All officers
and staff, whether government or private are required to work-from-home. Only
very essential staff are exempted as follows:
–
Frontliners (health sector, security sector, hospitality
sector, transportation sector)
– daily necessities sector (food, retail business)
– utilities sector (electricity, water, telecommunications)
– people working at the border and points of entry into
Brunei Darussalam
– oil and gas and downstream sectors
– construction sector
– agri-food and forestry sectors
No one is
allowed to leave their house without any important reason. Only two people from
one family are allowed to leave the house to buy daily necessities.
News (3)
Covi test charges in Brunei
The Ministry of Health of Brunei states foreigners entering Brunei have to pay $350 for an entry PCR covi test per person and $200 for a pre-departure PCR covi test.
Bruneians departing from Brunei have to pay $100 per person for the same PCR covi test. After they return to Brunei, the PCR test is free-of-charge.
News (4)
French media counts the large-scale deception of the CCP one and a half years after the outbreak in Wuhan
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/09/a103186065.html
The French investigative media recently pointed out that since the Wuhan pneumonia (covid) outbreak in Wuhan, China, the CCP government has not stopped lying, and large-scale deceptions are exposed every month. The US Congress recently released the latest report on the traceability of Wuhan virus (covi), pointing out that the Wuhan Institute of Viology is the origin of the covid pandemic.
On 15 July 2021, the French investigative media Mediapart website published an article titled "Wuhan, a laboratory legendary cover-up by the Chinese (communist) authorities for a year and a half".
The article questioned the accuracy of the CCP’s official death toll from the epidemic, referring to the latest population report released by the CCP’s National Bureau of Statistics in May, which did not mention the number of deaths. Therefore, the outside world cannot compare with the figures of previous years and cannot measure the epidemic damage caused to the Chinese.
According to the article, according to the official figures released by the Chinese Communist Party, as of the end of December 2020, there were 93,000 infected people and 4,743 deaths in China. It accounts for 0.32% of the world record of 1.4 million deaths in the same period.
China’s death toll per million inhabitants hardly exceeds 3, while the Belgian death rate per million in the same period was 1,436. Such a huge disparity makes the outside world question.
The article pointed out that since the outbreak of the CCP virus in Wuhan, the CCP authorities have not stopped lying, and set out a timetable for the CCP's lies:
31 December 2019-This is the official date for the Chinese Communist Party to determine the existence of SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, covi, novel coronavirus) in Wuhan. The first confirmed case was a case of a female vendor at a seafood market in Wuhan discovered on 16 December 2019.
Ai Fen, director of the emergency department of Wuhan Central Hospital, passed this message to some colleagues on the social network WeChat, including ophthalmologist Li Wenliang. Then Ai Fen was interviewed by the security department for banning, and 8 doctors including Li Wenliang were also interviewed by the police.
9 January 2020-After a delay of nearly ten days, the CCP authorities only notified Wuhan of the Wuhan virus outbreak for the first time. Two weeks later, the Beijing authorities ordered Wuhan to lock down the city after a month of wait and see.
31 January 2020-After the epidemic has spread widely, the World Health Organization (WHO), which has always held a pro-communist stance, declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern.
China Caixin.com (founder Hu Shuli enjoys some freedom of movement due to his political connections) published an interview with ophthalmologist Li Wenliang. The whistleblower died of CCP virus pneumonia 7 days after being interviewed.
3 February 2020-Experts from Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) mentioned the existence of a virus called RaTG13 (96.2% similar to SARS-CoV-2) in the journal Nature.
4 months later, the management of the institute clarified that this pathogen was discovered under a different name as early as 2016.
Starting from the autumn of 2019, the archive information in the database of Wuhan Institute of Virology has been blocked and cannot be accessed. The traces of these archives have also been carefully concealed.
The collective investigation of the International Interdisciplinary Independent Investigation of the Origin of Coronavirus (DRASTIC) proves this point. They are investigating the possibility of a leak in the Wuhan virus laboratory.
7 February 2020-Xinhua News Agency reported that pangolins are an intermediate link in the process of infection from bats to humans. This theory has now been rejected by the Western scientific community, and the World Health Organization has also admitted that it has not found any evidence that can verify the hypothesis of the "intermediate host of animals" and cannot prove the theory of animal origins.
February 2020-Chinese scholars Xiao Botao and Xiao Lei (South China University of Technology) put forward the hypothesis of a laboratory accident, but they did not provide any evidence. And they were silenced under the suppression of the CCP authorities.
However, the research reports of the two Chinese scholars can still be seen overseas. Participants of the International Interdisciplinary Independent Investigation Virus Traceability Group (DRASTIC) stated that they often receive information from China and choose to use this information as the basis for their investigations. Their responsibility is to thwart any attempt to spread rumors.
29 February 2020-Caixin.com disclosed that several analytical laboratories in China received some samples from patients in Wuhan in December 2019. However, the Hubei Provincial Health Commission ordered the destruction of these samples.
13 March 2020-According to a report by the Hong Kong South China Morning Post, on 17 November 2021, a citizen of Wuhan was found to be infected with the CCP virus.
June 2020-The interdisciplinary independent investigation of the virus traceability group concluded that the 2013FY113500 (Bat Coronavirus Research) project of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, improper handling of samples or specimens caused safety problems, which was criticized by the Special Committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Communist Party of China.
June to November 2020-After the pangolin legend, the CCP also proposed the idea that frozen food spreads the virus, trying to throw away the origin of the virus overseas.
January 2021-WHO sent 13 experts to Wuhan to investigate the origin of the virus but they did not have any space to collect data under the close monitoring of the Chinese authorities.
The World Health Organization later admitted that the CCP did not provide the original virus data and requested a second round of transparent investigation of the source of the virus, but the CCP rejected it.
23 May 2021-"The Wall Street Journal" quoted a leaked information report from the US intelligence agency. As early as November 2019, three scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized with symptoms of infection with the CCP virus.
The WIV stated two months ago that no one of the 590 employees of the Institute had been exposed to the CCP virus before 30 December 2019.
Recently, the statement that the CCP virus leaked from the Wuhan virus has attracted public attention. On August 2, the House China Working Group led by the Chief Republican Member of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee (Rep. Michael McCaul, R-TX) announced the updated version of the CCP virus traceability report.
McCaul told VOA, "We believe that the virus was leaked at the end of August or early September 2019. When they realized that something had happened, the Chinese Communist Party officials and the Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists began desperately to cover up the leak. Including taking their virus database offline in the middle of the night and applying for more than $1 million in funds to strengthen security measures."
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U.S. media: Variant virus is too fierce, CCP lockdown is ineffective
Editor : Tang Ying / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/07/a103184898.html?utm_source=dable
Image : On 5 August, citizens of Wuhan were undergoing nucleic acid testing. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The U.S. media claimed that the Delta variant (Covi72) is challenging the CCP’s costly lockdown strategy, and it is also a response to CCP leaders who believe that this move can shut the virus out. A warning from people prompted them to consider a less destructive response.
According to a report by the Voice of America, this highly contagious variant has prompted leaders in the United States, Australia and elsewhere to re-implement restrictions. The government of Chinese President Xi Jinping is fighting the worst epidemic since its peak in Wuhan last year. The ruling Communist Party is resuming its strategy of shutting down China: Access to a city of 1.5 million people has been cut off, flights have been cancelled, and large-scale tests have been ordered in certain areas.
The "zero tolerance" strategy of isolating each case and trying to prevent new infections from abroad helped to contain the epidemic last year and made China largely virus-free. But its impact on the work and lives of millions of people is triggering warnings that the CCP needs to learn to control the virus instead of repeatedly shutting down the economy and society.
Zhang Wenhong, a Shanghai doctor who gained a reputation during the Wuhan outbreak, posted on social media that the CCP’s strategy might change. He said, "We will definitely learn more from the ongoing epidemic," adding that this is a stress test for the country.
Zhang Wenhong wrote on his Weibo with 3 million followers: "The world needs to learn how to coexist with this virus."
When thousands of athletes, journalists and people of all kinds arrive in Beijing to participate in the Winter Olympics in February 2022, the CCP’s control measures will be tested. The end of 2022 will also be a more turbulent and politically sensitive period for the CCP leadership. For this reason, the CCP leaders hope that the economic situation is optimistic.
Last year, most areas of China adopted closure measures and cut off almost all roads leading to cities with a total population of 60 million. From Asia to the Americas, this strategy has been imitated on a smaller scale in some countries. The closure has caused China to suffer the most painful economic contraction in nearly 50 years but the Beijing authorities are still be able to resume business and domestic travel in March 2020.
Many of the new infections have been vaccinated, which has shaken global financial markets, and the market is worried that Beijing’s response may disrupt manufacturing and supply chains. The major stock indexes of Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong fell on the 3rd, but rose again on the 5th.
Chen Xi, a health economist at the Yale School of Public Health, said that the CCP needs to increase vaccination and rapid treatment of infected people, while allowing business and travel to continue, so as to set up barriers to infection in the community. He said the country needs to obtain a full range of vaccines, including those that allow Germany's BioNTech to develop.
Chen Xi said, "I think 'zero tolerance' is unsustainable. Even if you can block all areas in China, people may still die, and more people may die because of hunger or unemployment."
Beijing has shown no signs of abandoning its strategy.
He Qinghua, an official of the National Health Commission’s Disease Control Bureau, said at a press conference on 7 August that disease control must be "faster, firmer, stricter, and more extensively prepared."
Health officials said that the largest outbreak this year can be initially traced back to airport employees who cleaned Russian passenger planes at Nanjing Lukou Airport on 10 July 2021.
Some travelers fly from Nanjing to Zhangjiajie, a popular tourist attraction in Hunan, making the city a center of spread of the virus. More than ten provinces and cities, including Beijing, have experienced epidemics.
On the 3rd, the Zhangjiajie government announced that no one should leave the city, imitating the control measures implemented last year on Wuhan and other cities where the first case of the virus was discovered.
Flights to Nanjing and Yangzhou, which has 94 cases, have been suspended. Trains from these cities and 21 other cities to Beijing were suspended. Jiangsu Province has set up highway checkpoints and inspected drivers. The governments of Beijing and Guangzhou urged people not to leave these areas as much as possible.
Zhou Xiaoxiao, a student from Yangzhou University, said that two tuition centers in the city were quarantined after one child tested positive. She said that certain areas of Yangzhou have been closed.
Zhou Xiaoxiao said that consumers ran out of supermarket goods due to anticipation of closure, and eggs and some other foods were in short supply.
20-year-old Zhou Xiaoxiao said, "Vegetable prices have risen. This is nothing to me. But for those families whose living conditions are not very good and have no income, it is very troublesome."
In an impassioned Twitter video posted on Sunday, the physician
exhorted patriots to stand their ground against oppressive restrictions because
he says they don’t work — and this has been proven time and time again.
Paul
said allowing the government to reimpose unconstitutional
restraints on our civil liberties is a dangerous slippery slope of no
return.
“They can’t arrest all of us,” he said. “They can’t keep all of
your kids home from school. They can’t keep every government building closed. …
“We
don’t have to accept the mandates, lockdowns and harmful policies of the petty
tyrants and bureaucrats. We can simply say, ‘No, not again.’”
Countless Americans are fed up with the panic-stoking, left-wing
power grabs, the senator said.
“Nancy Pelosi, you will not arrest or stop me or anyone on my
staff from doing our jobs,” Paul warned. “We have either had COVID, had the
vaccine or been offered the vaccine. We will make our own health choices.
“We
will not show you a passport. We will not wear a mask. We will not be forced
into random screenings and testings so you can continue your drunk-with-power
rein over the Capitol.”
Paul also threw down the gauntlet to Biden, saying he will
legislatively block his administration if it reimposes anti-scientific
mandates and shutdowns.
“President
Biden, we will not accept your agencies’ mandates or your reported moves
towards a lockdown,” the senator said. “No one should follow the CDC’s
anti-science mask mandates.
“And
if you want to shut down federal agencies again — some of which aren’t even
back to work yet — I will stop every bill coming through the Senate with an
amendment to cut their funding if they don’t come back to work in person.”
Ref: https://www.westernjournal.com/rand-paul-sounds-alarm-calls-patriots-resist-new-lockdowns/
News (10)
Tucker: If your nation knows "You secretly have contempt for them, they will never forgive you"
Reporter : Gabriel Keane, National File
During a speech in Hungary given over the weekend, Fox News
television host Tucker Carlson drew comparisons between the role of parents and
the role of government, stressing that if U.S. parents treated their children
the way that U.S. politicians treat their constituents, they would
“universally” be labeled as unfit parents.
“If you treated your children the way our leaders treat us, you would be declared universally an unfit parent,” Carlson said. “Really, you encourage your kids to do drugs, ’cause you might make money off it? Really? Is it good for the kid? ‘Shut up!’ Really, your schools are terrible, like you refuse to teach your kids basic English or math or history, and you don’t care? You’re not not sending your kids to school, they’re truants?”
Carlson continued, “You’re a bad parent. You’re letting your kid live outside ans soil himself and refuse to treat his mental illness? You treat drug addiction like virtue? You encourage, like, the most degrading kinds of sexual behavior? Are you joking? We’re going to take your kid away, you’re a terrible parent. There are differences between parenthood and political leadership, of course – there are greater limits on political leadership, thank God. But the theme is the same. The most basic prerequisite to leading people is caring about those people, that’s the most basic prerequisite.”
The
bestselling Ship of Fools author
went on to state that he believes children will forgive their parents’ mistakes
if the know their parents love them, while noting that the inverse is true for
both parenting and political leadership: “If
the people you lead know that you secretly have contempt for them, they will
never forgive you and they never should.”
Carlson’s recent trip to Hungary has raised alarm among
left-wing activists, who were quick to point to the European nation’s lower
crime rates and opposition to dishonest Western journalism as signifiers of
evil and systemic racism.
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