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Demovictory9

(32,320 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 04:41 PM Jun 2020

severe Covid19 outbreak in China, Beijing in lockdown, parts of city fenced off

or so says dailymail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8425311/China-reimposes-travel-restrictions-amid-fresh-outbreak.html

Beijing residents are rounded up and put in quarantine as the city goes back into lockdown and new travel bans are introduced to stop new 'extremely severe' coronavirus outbreak
China reported 40 more coronavirus infection on Tuesday, with 27 in Beijing as parts of the city lockdown
One scientist has warned the new strain of the virus could be more infectious, believing it came from Europe
Officials have been fencing off parts of the city with some in total lockdown while mass testing has resumed
The outbreak has been linked with a food wholesale market called Xinfadi which sees thousands of visitors
Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

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PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
1. I thought they were supposed to have it completely under control
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 06:35 PM
Jun 2020

in China. So what happened? Or was it never really under control and now has broken out so strongly that they can no longer hide it?

Blasphemer

(3,261 posts)
3. There have been small outbreaks over the past few months but they have responded swiftly
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 06:42 PM
Jun 2020

This Beijing outbreak is the biggest so far.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
5. NYC was said to have been infected initially by something like 4 people
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 08:56 PM
Jun 2020

that had been in the area of Italy'sbig outbreak.

All it takes is one super-spreader. A woman in Washington State infected 52 people in something like two hours.

Once a spreader hits several people, those people each infect a number of people. It adds up really fast.

China is taking strong action. I would love to see one of the no mask knuckleheads here try that in China, or try to intimidate officials with guns.

Mariana

(14,847 posts)
8. I don't think they ever claimed to have eradicated it.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:22 PM
Jun 2020

Pandemic diseases are difficult to keep under control, pretty much by definition.

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
2. And, They're Still Reporting 4,634 Deaths
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 06:40 PM
Jun 2020

In a country of 1.4 billion. And they're locking down a 4th major city since January.
For 3 deaths, per million people?
Take their reported number, multiply by 8, then add a zero at the end! At least.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
4. Right. The numbers out of China are suspiciously low.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 07:33 PM
Jun 2020

I seem to recall early on listening to a report from funeral homes in the city where the first outbreak was, and they were completely overwhelmed.

Mariana

(14,847 posts)
10. The numbers out of China are frankly unbelievable.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:25 PM
Jun 2020

Even with all the draconian measures, those numbers never made sense.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
6. They are lying about the number of dead.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 08:59 PM
Jun 2020

But they shut down Wuhan and ordered every one of it's 11 million citizens tested a few weeks ago. They react strongly to any chance of having another outbreak. Beijing would be Wuhan on steroids if the virus gets rolling there.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
7. NO !!! "Severe" is relative. 67 new infections in a country of 1.5 billion people is not severe when
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:02 PM
Jun 2020

... in America we have 67 cases a minute in some counties and we're a 5th of the size.

China is taking CV19 seriously, America's government is not

Princess Turandot

(4,784 posts)
9. Actually, 'extremely severe' is what China is calling it..
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:22 PM
Jun 2020
From the Guardian (and numerous other outlets).

Authorities in Beijing have described the city’s coronavirus outbreak as “extremely severe” as dozens more cases emerged, travel from the city was curtailed and its schools and universities shut down.

Beijing residents were told to avoid “non-essential” travel out of the capital, and anyone entering or leaving will be tested for Covid-19.

Additional neighbourhoods were fenced off on Tuesday, with 27 now designated medium risk, which means authorities can impose stricter restrictions on the movement of people and cars and can carry out temperature checks. One has been designated high risk.

“The epidemic situation in the capital is extremely severe,” Beijing city spokesman Xu Hejian warned at a press conference. “Right now we have to take strict measures to stop the spread of Covid-19.”
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