China locks down 21 million people in Chengdu as COVID-19 cases rise
중국 당국이 코로나19 확진자 급증에 따라 인구 2100만 명의 서남부 도시 청두를 봉쇄했다.
빈 슈퍼마켓 진열대와 청두 주민들이 식료품을 사재기하기 위해 앞다투어 뛰어다니는 사진은
시행 6시간 전에 내려진 명령과 함께 소셜 미디어에서 입소문이 났다.
중국은 스냅 셧다운, 대량 검사, 장기 검역으로 바이러스 폭발을 근절하면서 제로 코로나 정책을 고수하는
마지막 거대 경제국이다.
남서부에 있는 청두는 공식 공지를 통해 주민들이 목요일 오후 6시(GMT 10시)부터 새로운 감염 물결과 싸우기 위해
"원칙적으로 집에 있어야 한다"고 말하며 폐쇄를 발표한 가장 최근의 도시가 되었다.
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These are the scenes at a market in Chengdu.
When Chinese authorities imposed a lockdown this week. Many desperately grabbing what they could before the shelves emptied out. Some going to extreme lengths to stock up. Twenty one million people live here and on Thursday, 157 of them tested positive for covet 19. The government says just one case would be enough to hit pause.
Yang Xiaoguang: In essential services like supermarkets, pharmacies, and hospitals will remain open. Restaurants are only allowed to offer takeaway and employees of those places should get tested every day. Every household can send one person with a negative test result to do their shopping once a day.
Leah Harding: Mass testing means long lines. Even the digital registration system keeps crashing. Overwhelmed at the number of daily entries. But testing has to be done for people to be able to bring food back home to their families.
Wang Yigang: Flights, trains, taxes, and shared bikes are still available for residents. Medical workers and residents who have an urgent need to go out must provide negative test result taken within 24 hours before using public transportation. Shanghai and Beijing know all too well what it's like during a complete lockdown; in May the W.H.O criticizing the plan to achieve what Beijing calls zero Covid-19 cases in such mega cities.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: We indicated that the approach you know will not be sustainable and considering the behavior of the virus I think a shift will be very important.
Leah Harding: The empty streets of major Chinese cities are a reminder of the links the government is willing to go to stop the pandemic.
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