Documentary of COVID-19 – January 18 Metro Presents a sample of the documentary. The Outbreak: The Virus That Shook the World (Outbreak: The Virus That Shook The World) will be broadcast on television. ITV (ITV) of the UK on January 19 at 9:00 p.m. local time.
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The show tells stories around the world in the first year of the outbreak of COVID-19 Revealing new evidence about the 2019 coronavirus that China hides COVID outbreak –19 And in secret interviews with a team of doctors that were shut down by government officials for telling the truth
The leaked Chinese official data revealed that COVID-19 patients The first to be confirmed in Wuhan. Can be traced back to date 17 Nov 2019 Later in the end of December In 2019, the number of unexplained pneumonia patients in the hospital is increasing. And medical experts discovered New coronavirus 2019 Similar to Severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS In the patient’s secretion sample
The group’s message of doctors spread with news of a new virus outbreak. But then, the medical team was called to a hospital meeting all over Wuhan.
One doctor revealed to the show that “We know that this virus is transmitted from person to person. But when we attend a meeting at the hospital We were told not to speak out, and Wuhan leaders told hospitals. Don’t tell the truth “
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Despite the risk of being arrested But the medical team revealed the gag Including the seizure of the passport And confine access to the Internet
Doctors, aware of the outbreak, were detained by national security officials. As he was about to board the plane to leave the country, Chinese state media warned at that time. “The police will deal with the release of illegal rumors.”
Although the Chinese government did not first and later reported the COVID-19 outbreak. World Health Organization Discovered the pandemic But China has not disclosed evidence of human-to-human contact.
One doctor told the documentary that “Many say there is no first-line contact. Including experts from Beijing All told “
Another doctor added “We all feel that there should be no doubts. The contact from person to person actually at the end of December 2019 or early January By 2020, some relatives I know have died of this virus. Many people living with that person have also been infected. Including people I know “
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The Chinese government once said There were no reports of deaths until January 9, 2020, but a senior doctor said in an interview. “There are people who die every day in the early days.”
In addition President Xi Jinping At that time that The Communist Party operates with openness, transparency and responsibility for the outbreak. But the medical team believes Government officials use science to benefit politics as an emergency. Because they do not want to announce bad news just before the meeting of the People’s Congress of China
One medical professional said “If the Chinese authorities see that The outbreak is a science Not political Will be much easier But if there is politics involved No need to consider other matters. Politics always come first. “
Even though evidence of person-to-person contact has been revealed. But last year’s Chinese New Year has not been canceled. Shock the scientists who fear it will become a phenomenon Super Spreading A large scale or an outbreak among many people
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On January 16, 2020, Chinese state media reported reassuring the country that “Half a month after the official announcement and disclosure of outbreak information. We can start to relax. And clearly no transmission was found from person to person. “
However, 4 days later or 20 January 2020 Dr. Zhong Nanshan, MD. 84 years old, China’s leading respiratory specialist Master of Medicine England’s University of Edinburgh said on ad hoc television. “It is very likely that the virus is transmitted from wildlife to humans. But now there seems to be only human-to-human contact. ”Within the next three days, a lockdown was ordered in Wuhan and Hubei provinces.
Although the beginning of the pandemic is already one year ago, the medical team interviewed for the program claimed Forced to conceal the truth still exists. Even after stopping the lock down
“Now at the hospital When we want to use the Internet Must go through the internal server first And you have to use the computer to allocate them, otherwise you will not be able to access any data. It’s a way to monitor you and see what you are doing.
“Previously, if we needed information about various medical conditions You can easily find them online. But we can’t do this anymore. We can only search within our department. Because they (Government officials) worry that if we have information, we can tell others, “said one doctor.
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In addition, human rights groups accuse Chinese authorities of trying to conceal the true scale of the coronavirus crisis. Because people are still detained or imprisoned Or even disappear After trying to find out what exactly happened
such as Zhang Jan A 37-year-old Chinese female citizen journalist was sentenced to four years in prison on Dec. 28, 2020 for writing a story about the COVID-19 outbreak.
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