Posted on 04/26/2022 9:01:34 AM PDT by algore
Beijing has rolled out mass Covid testing for nearly 20 million residents in most of the city, as authorities race to contain a fresh Omicron outbreak that has sparked panic buying amid fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown.
The Chinese capital started testing all residents of Chaoyang, a bustling district home to the business center and foreign embassies, on Monday morning, in the first of three rounds of testing to be conducted over a five-day period. Residents and office workers formed long lines at makeshift testing centers throughout the day.
As of 8 p.m., nearly 3.7 million tests had been carried out, with more than half a million having returned a negative result, city officials said at a late-night news conference.
The officials also announced that mass testing would be expanded Tuesday to all but five outlying districts of the capital, covering about 19.5 million of the city’s 21.5 million residents.
The announcement came after 29 cases were detected in the 24 hours through 4 p.m. Monday, though officials said all the new cases were discovered in areas already under epidemic controls.
“The outbreak in Beijing is coming fast and furious,” Xu Hejian, a spokesperson for the Beijing municipal government, said at the news conference, adding that Beijing’s epidemic prevention and control efforts have “reached a critical moment.”
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Omg we are all dead already
Yeah I know, 3.7 vs 37 but maths is hard
Its a midterm election year in the US.
Let’s get the fear started now so in November we can have drop boxes.
Not going to cnn- did they mention how many have died even? (Not,that is woild,trust either CNN or China, but so,fsr omicronmis very mild mostly, it seems only the severely,sic, with multiple other conditions are dying, not the healthy)
My guess is the most dangerous “variants” should show up about September / October.
Just in time...
Am I reading the article correctly? 3.7 million tests, 500,000 Negative. Does that mean 3.2 million are positive? I doubt the CCP is saying 86.5% POSITIVE. Then again, they do LIE like DEMOCRATS.
Look at that yo-yo…that ain’t workin, that’s the way you do it….
29 cases were detected in one day in a city of 21.5 million?
🤧😷
I hope the entire city is locked down so no one can buy food or water.
It only seems reasonable.
(“The outbreak in Beijing is coming fast and furious,” Xu Hejian)
He said, asking where Vin Diesel’s 1970 Black Dodge Charger was.
Fast & the Furious 12: Beijing Mist
Yep, heaven forbid 29 people in the city get the sneezes 🤕 can’t be too cautious, best house arrest everyone till this terrible sniffle virus passes
"Beijing has rolled out mass Covid testing for nearly 20 million residents in most of the city,
as authorities race to contain a fresh Omicron outbreak that has sparked panic buying amid fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown.
"The Chinese capital started testing all residents of Chaoyang, a bustling district home to the business center and foreign embassies, on Monday morning,
in the first of three rounds of testing to be conducted over a five-day period."
"The officials also announced that mass testing would be expanded Tuesday to all but five outlying districts of the capital,
covering about 19.5 million of the city’s 21.5 million residents.
The announcement came after 29 cases were detected in the 24 hours through 4 p.m. Monday (Emphasis mine),
though officials said all the new cases were discovered in areas already under epidemic controls."
(My comment): There are already some indications that the population is beginning to hoard food and panic buying amid fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown.
I suspect the Chinese know the effects of getting COVID are cumulative - the more you get it, the more damage is done...
Your analysis is confirmed in an article just posted and titled :" Heart Inflammation More Prevalent Among Vaccinated Than Unvaccinated: Study "
at : https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4058044/posts
True. Thanks for sharing.
China is testing the new strain on the civilian population.
China, which means “the center”, is the center of the universe alright, the center of a diseased universe.
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