The number of new corona infections in Guangdong province in a single day has reached a new high: according to the announcement of the provincial Health and Health Commission on Wednesday (16), there were 6,779 new local cases the day before. In Guangzhou City’s Haizhu District, where the local epidemic is the worst, it was reported on Monday (14) that some residents were dissatisfied with the community shutdown and took to the streets to protest, and also tore down the fence and car of the police. It was pointed out that after the accident, local telephone communication was abnormal, and it was impossible to call the local area from abroad. On Tuesday (15th), Guangdong Provincial Party Committee secretary Huang Kunming went to Guangzhou to supervise the epidemic prevention work, and stressed that we must do our best to contain the epidemic.
Guangdong province recorded 564 and 6,215 new confirmed and asymptomatic infections on Tuesday, with Guangzhou accounting for 509 and 6,138 respectively. The epidemic in Guangzhou is not under control. Residents of Chengzhong Village, Haizhu District, the hardest hit area, were dissatisfied with the road closures on Monday night. The police arrived at the scene to crack down on the situation and fired high-pressure water cannons at the residents. There were images showing citizens being trampled on the neck. It is understood that local residents are dissatisfied with the confusion of the government’s epidemic prevention policy, the medical system is overwhelmed, and inpatient hospitals are full. It is reported that the crash site is a labor settlement in other provinces. Some people have exited before the lockdown and have not been able to return to the area. I am currently homeless.
Huang Kunming went to Nansha District and Zengcheng District of Guangzhou City on Tuesday to inspect isolation places and outpatient hospitals, stressing the need to promote various prevention and control measures quickly and rigorously, and pay close attention focus on nucleic acid testing, flow tracing, transfer isolation and control of risk personnel Work, focus on fighting the epidemic annihilation in key areas, and eliminate potential risks as soon as possible. The Guangzhou Epidemic Situation Press Conference held in the afternoon of the same day said that due to the rapid increase in the number of infected people, the city is accelerating the construction of square cabin hospitals, and one will be built and one will be used. Since Monday, the city has opened a total of 6 inpatient hospitals with more than 20,000 beds and more than 4,000 medical personnel, mainly for isolation and observation of asymptomatic infections.
