Posted on 01/18/2021 6:52:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Chinese authorities locked down more cities on Jan. 18 in an effort to curb the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Several others were upgraded from medium- to high-risk for virus spread—meaning residents were required to take nucleic acid tests for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Meanwhile, food prices have skyrocketed, especially in cities under lockdown. Prices were at least 50 percent higher than in cities not under strict quarantine policies.
On Jan. 18, Xinle city in Hebei Province announced that all supermarkets, grocery stores, and shops must close. Residents wouldn’t be allowed to leave their homes.
The city has a population of about 517,000.
Local authorities didn’t explain the reason for the lockdown, nor announce new COVID-19 cases.
One local said in an online post on social media platform Weibo that a CCP virus outbreak escalated quickly, causing the city to go under lockdown. The netizen added that many medical staff and patients at the Xinle Chinese Medicine Hospital were infected, but authorities hadn’t announced them.
The Epoch Times couldn’t independently verify the information; the netizen’s post was shortly removed from the internet.
An employee at a hotel near the hospital told the Chinese-language Epoch Times in a Jan. 18 phone interview that his facility was serving medical staff who had arrived from other cities to assist in treating local COVID-19 patients.
An employee at another local hotel said his venue had been converted into a quarantine center several days ago, and that no hotels in the city were currently open to the public.
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Interesting.
No connection with the (supposed) flooding and (supposed) earthquakes?
Them SOBs wouldnt admit to it if it bit them in the ass.
The truth is that they lost over 40% of their grain production last years from the floods and severe drought.
Yes they had severe drought in the north.
Epoch Times is fake news. No one spread hysteria about Covid with more fervor than they.
Unexpected! </sarcasm>
How else are they going to reduce the population of Earth to half a billion?
Starvation is very efficient.
You couldn’t be more wrong. The Epoch Times was the 1st outlet to go in-depth with the Russian hoax. They are a great, independent news source.
Have to disagree......The Epoch Times has shown to be independent and fairly accurate.....
Are they welding doors shut yet is what I want to know.
They can starve , I dont care.
The American farmer can win this war. But We don’t have a leader. About 10,000 of us produce all the food for this country and half of China. Look how fragile the food system is. For 10,000 years mankind’s first thought of the day was food. Last 10 years it’s what about my post. Maslow had it wrong??
Epoch Times is fake news. No one spread hysteria about Covid with more fervor than they.
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If by fake news, you mean anti-communist, then yes. And do you think, like CNN, the CCP did a grand job of controlling the virus?
In fact, it’s quite perfect: Blame the virus.
The left have most excellent teachers and the CCP is happy to provide more fuel to the fire burning us down.
Same goes for this supposed superspreader event over there: We wouldn’t know about it if they didn’t want it known and the purpose of such ‘news’ is patently obvious.
CNN is wondering how Covid got to China.
Just wait till Taiwan knocks out the Three Gorges dam.
White males did it.
One doesnt have to do with the others. Epoch Times was quick to spread videos of supposed victims dropping dead like flies.
Corruption! The floods and locust wiped out much of the food production. But they are supposed to have a lot of food in emergency warehouses. But guess what. Not so much food.
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