Posted on 09/11/2022 3:28:38 AM PDT by dennisw
Authorities ordered more testing in the industrial city, while some virus-control measures were eased in the tech hub of Shenzhen Roads Deserted as China Extends Covid-19 Curbs in Chengdu
The Chinese megacity of Chengdu looked like a ghost town after authorities ordered its 21 million residents to stay home to halt the spread of Covid-19.
HONG KONG—The southwestern Chinese industrial city of Chengdu told the majority of its 21 million residents to remain at home for a further three days, while officials continued to battle flare-ups of Covid-19 elsewhere in the country.
Authorities in Chengdu told residents to take three more rounds of Covid tests through Wednesday, while schooling for children will shift to online. Chengdu’s lockdown began on Thursday after new daily infections surged in the capital of Sichuan province, which has struggled with drought and power shortages recently that curtailed factory output.
Authorities also said residents shouldn’t leave the city except in cases of absolute necessity.
Chengdu is trying to steer its economy through the latest Omicron outbreak, with more than 2,000 manufacturers operating under so-called closed loop arrangements, according to local media. German tool maker Bosch said it was operating under such arrangements, while a factory owned by auto maker Volvo AB suspended operations, the company said.
In a post on its WeChat social-media account late Sunday, the Chengdu government defended the latest measures as necessary and called on residents to “persevere, persevere and persevere.” It urged residents to stay at home and comply with mandatory testing orders.
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Chinese authorities have continued to stick with the “dynamic zero-Covid” policy, which aims to eradicate outbreaks as they emerge. The strategy has led to lockdowns, mass testing and shut borders, crushing business activity and economic growth. The recent outbreaks have come at a sensitive time politically as the Communist Party congress prepares for its twice-a-decade meeting scheduled for October—an event expected to ratify an unprecedented third term as Party leader for President Xi Jinping.
Strains of the Omicron variant have spread to all of China’s 31 provincial-level regions in recent weeks, leaving the 14-day daily average for new locally transmitted cases at 1,565, government data show. That is below the peak but still too high for Beijing’s zero-Covid target.
More areas of the country have been placed under full or partial lockdowns as the number of new cases crept up last month, putting local officials under the spotlight just ahead of the congress. While the case numbers remain low by global standards, officials in China risk losing their jobs if they fail to bring outbreaks under control swiftly.
Daqing, a city in northernmost China that sits on the largest oil field in the country, has been in full lockdown similar to the one in Shanghai earlier this year, with more than 900 cases reported. The city government removed the head of the local branch of the NHC on Monday after a woman suffered a miscarriage when she was turned away from a hospital.
That creates a dilemma, with Covid controls widely blamed for China’s weakening economy. Districts designated as high- or medium-risk zones accounted for about 35% of national economic output, according to a Friday research report by Goldman Sachs.
Some other large Chinese cities also have increased their vigilance in recent days, for instance by shutting down large-scale events and public venues, suspending dine-in restaurant services, and starting the new school year online. Officials have asked people to reduce travel within cities and required frequent tests for Covid-19—daily, in many cases.
Don’t forget the endeavor part.
I love a happy ending
Chicoms should be locked down forever
21 million might sound like a big deal, but it is only 1.5% of China’s population.
It shouldn’t affect the economy very much.
The question is why are the ChiComs doing this.
CoupFlu, my arse...
shame on WSJ for continuing the FakeNewsMSM reporting on China’s measly small number of cases as if there is something big going on covid-wise.
it is farcical.
Most likely to exercise and improve their public health civil defense response to novel pathogens of unknown origin for which they have no vaccines or drugs.
China has had a few bird flu epidemics that devastated poultry flocks, a swine fever epidemic that devastated hog farms, and a “near miss” with the first SARS virus, which was far more lethal than SARS 2, but which was less contagious.
In all those cases, identification and isolation of the sick was the means of breaking transmission.
CoupFlu has NEVER been about public health anywhere on the planet.
Unrest is spreading and the Party’s trying to get ahead of it?
Chengdu has always had a reputation for being the “freest” city in China. I wonder if this is a larger power play on part of Xi.
‘Chinese authorities have continued to stick with the “dynamic zero-Covid” policy...’
every time I read someone on this forum extolling the intelligence of Orientals, I think about nonsense like this, and take the comment with a huge grain of salt...
Same here. CCP Lockdowns look like Chinese fire drills. How smart are these Han Chinese? Supposed to be hi-IQ and among the highest. They look like conformist robot losers to me.
Han Chinese chumps! Low vitamin D too from being indoors too much. So more virus vulnerable.
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