Beijing acknowledges the outbreak of the new coronavirus and Shanghai airport begins nucleic acid testing – The Epoch Times

[The Epoch Times, December 03, 2023](Reported by Epoch Times reporters Luo Tingting, Xiao Lusheng, Ning Haizhong, and Zhang Xiaohui in Taipei, Taiwan) The Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently admitted in a low-key manner that the new coronavirus (COVID-19) is currently the second most common disease in Beijing. Epidemic virus. News shows that Shanghai Airport has started to test passengers for nucleic acid, health codes in many places have been re-released, and “Dabai” (epidemic prevention personnel) have also reappeared. These resurgence of epidemic prevention measures highlight the seriousness of the epidemic in China and make many Chinese people panic.

On November 30, the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a weekly epidemic report stating that from November 20 to 26, there were more than 72,000 cases of infectious diseases in Beijing, doubling the number in the previous week. The top two epidemic species were Flu and COVID-19. However, this data is considered to be seriously underreported.

On December 2, Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the immunization program at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, also said at a press conference that monitoring results show that influenza viruses, rhinoviruses, and new coronaviruses are the predominant among people aged 15 to 59 years old.

China’s introduction of anti-epidemic measures indirectly acknowledges the seriousness of the epidemic

On December 2, the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China held a press conference. Wang Dayan, director of the National Influenza Center of the Institute of Viral Diseases of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that ventilation and disinfection should be strengthened in crowded places, and public supplies and facilities that are frequently touched should be increased to disinfect and clean. frequency. At the same time, reduce the gathering of people in public places; people should wear masks in airports, stations, public transportation, farmers’ markets and other places.

The CCP previously did not acknowledge the rising epidemic in China, and official media barely mentioned the COVID-19 epidemic. Now the request from the CCP Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tantamount to an indirect admission of the seriousness of the epidemic.

On December 2, Mi Feng, spokesperson of the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China, said at a press conference that pediatric outpatient clinics in various medical institutions in China should be “open as much as possible”, increasing noon, night and weekend outpatient clinics, extending service hours, and expanding inpatient beds. wait.

However, many Chinese medical staff criticized the authorities for “talking empty words but not doing anything practical”. With no one and no facilities, it was impossible to relieve the pressure on hospitals and patients. Doctors and nurses have given feedback online, “Are there any specific measures to increase medical supply? Can’t we just rely on pediatric medical staff to work overtime?”, “If you have the ability, let the hospital recruit more people. It’s us who are exhausted, not you.” From the office.”

Recently, news has spread on the Internet that orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology doctors in many hospitals in China have been transferred to support pediatrics and respiratory departments, and a large number of medical staff have also fallen ill and are forced to go to work even though they are sick.

As the epidemic in China heats up, various anti-epidemic measures have appeared again. On December 1, He Xiaopeng, chairman of Xpeng Motors, posted on Weibo that he returned to China from overseas via Shanghai and was asked to take a nucleic acid test as soon as he got off the plane. The official response was that it was a random check, but it was a test of everyone. The tweet has now been deleted. Some netizens questioned, “Spot checks are understandable, but what’s the point of randomly checking everyone?”

The reappearance of “health codes” in many places has caused panic among netizens

According to reports from many Chinese media such as Top News and Dazhong.com, netizens from Guangdong and Sichuan broke the news that health codes will be back on the scene on December 1. Some netizens posted the “Guangdong Health Code” for the Guangdong region, while others posted the green code for the “Sichuan Tianfu Health Pass”.

The health code was a location tracking application used during the previous epidemic in China and was used as a personal electronic pass. It is divided into three colors of dynamic management: “green code, yellow code, and red code”. Green means it is in a healthy state and can be passed normally; while yellow and red means there is a risk and cannot be passed normally.

Xiao Feng, a citizen of Guangzhou, logged into the “Guangdong Province” program and found that the Guangdong Health Code was indeed found to be a “green code”, but he only needed to actively check to see it. He also used the program “Sui Haoban” commonly used by Guangzhou residents to query the health code and found that it was also Can be found. Xiao Feng said, “It’s amazing. I remember that the health code has been offline (deactivated).”

Regarding the reappearance of the green code that had been out of use for nearly a year, Top News reporters called the Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission and the mayor’s hotline as a citizen. The staff of the Health Commission said that the matter was not under their jurisdiction; the mayor’s hotline staff said He said that he could also see the “green code” when he checked, “(the epidemic) has passed and everything is fine.”

In addition to Guangdong and Sichuan, Chinese netizens in Beijing, Yunnan, Liaoning, Hebei and other places have said that local health codes have also reappeared.

Netizens have given feedback on the Internet, “Oh my god, when I first saw these three words, my heart immediately twitched. I never want to see this code again, and I have to start again.”, “Seeing the health code makes me suffer from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). ), please don’t do it again, I can’t bear it in any way.”, “Help, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I don’t want to close the school.”

Dabai and Fangcang appear again, and people are worried about closing the city

At the peak of this wave of epidemics, Beijing, the capital of China and a place with the best medical and health conditions, became the hardest hit area. Major hospitals were full and the medical system was overwhelmed. In order to relieve the pressure, Peking University Women’s and Children’s Hospital launched a mobile cabin on November 22 as a temporary place for IV drips.

Although many schools in China have not announced the suspension of classes at present, they have to suspend classes because many teachers and students are sick and taking leave. Recently, “Dabai”, which disappeared for a long time, reappeared in Sanhe City, Hebei Province. A group of staff wearing protective clothing entered the campus to carry out disinfection work.

These measures to prevent the resurgence of the epidemic have highlighted that the severity of the epidemic in China is far greater than the official reports. It has also made many Chinese people panic and worry that the authorities will close the city again. They all said, “I don’t dare to close the city anymore, I can’t stand it anymore.”

Chinese netizens also discovered that Yiwu officials issued an initiative on December 1 to allow urban and rural households to maintain food storage for more than 10 days. People exclaimed: “The city is going to be closed down?” and “I feel nervous when I see such a topic!” However, the initiative was quickly deleted.

Expert: Chinese epidemic affects Hong Kong hospital congestion

A large number of children in China have developed pneumonia. Yip Pak-keung, clinical associate professor of the Department of Child and Adolescent Sciences, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, said on December 2 that Hong Kong has frequent exchanges with mainland China, making it easy for the Chinese virus to be introduced to Hong Kong. Moreover, Hong Kong’s public and private hospitals have been very crowded recently, and the situation is worrying.

Ye Baiqiang said that various viruses such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mycoplasma pneumoniae), adenovirus, influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus have appeared in different cities in China. When Mycoplasma pneumoniae broke out in China, the number of cases in Hong Kong increased rapidly. From the beginning of this year to July, there were more than a dozen cases every month. Since August, there have been more than 100 cases every month. Private hospital wards have been full.

He said that under the influence of the epidemic, students lack social contact, have no opportunity to go to school and do sports, and their resistance has become worse. When children are hospitalized for infection, their condition becomes more severe and their hospitalization time is longer. After lower respiratory tract infection is complicated by pneumonia, they need oxygen for a much longer time.

Ye Baiqiang also predicts that as the weather in Hong Kong turns colder, COVID-19 will break out locally. Parents should take their children to engage in more outdoor activities to enhance their immunity to prevent serious illness. ◇

Editor in charge: Zheng Hua