Posted on 08/04/2021 9:40:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
BEIJING—China’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic a year-and-a-half ago escalated Wednesday with more cases around the country, the sealing-off of one city, and the punishment of its local leaders.
The country is now on high alert as an outbreak of cases connected to the international airport in the eastern city of Nanjing, Jiangsu province, affected at least 17 provinces. China reported on Wednesday the most new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since January. The exact number of new cases is not known since the Chinese regime routinely suppresses or alters information.
In Wuhan, the central city where the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in late 2019, mass testing has shown some of its newly reported cases have a high degree of similarity to cases discovered in Jiangsu province. Those cases have been identified as being caused by the Delta variant that first was identified in India.
Meanwhile, another COVID-19 hotspot was emerging in the city of Zhangjiajie, near a scenic area famous for sandstone cliffs, caves, forests, and waterfalls that inspired the on-screen landscape in the “Avatar” films.
The city ordered residential communities sealed Sunday, preventing people from leaving their homes. In a subsequent order on Tuesday, officials said no one, whether tourist or resident, could leave the city.
The city government’s Communist Party disciplinary committee on Wednesday issued a list of local officials who “had a negative impact” on pandemic prevention and control work who would be punished.
Individual cases linked to Zhangjiajie’s outbreak have spread to at least five provinces, according to the Shanghai regime-owned newspaper the Paper.
After announcing last week that they were suspending issuance of passports for travelers except for those with an urgent need, officials at the National Immigration Administration reiterated the message again on Wednesday at a press briefing.
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Round and round
What goes around comes around
China = 3 deaths/million (4636 total deaths; yeah, right).
When it reaches parity with U.S., I’ll give a damn about Jinping Theater (or not).
china’s going to need more arc welders
I’ll tell you why!
China always plays along when The American government wants another shutdown.
More fear porn. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Getting prepped for another TARF, and Bank/govt Stimulus #4 Bailout.
“the Chinese regime routinely suppresses or alters information.”
As if the US government does not hehe .
The AP was formed to control and censor “the news”. Totalitarians don’t want the messiness and difficulty of having to censor multiple news sources. Makes it so much easier when you consolidate and then put “your people” at the top decision making spots.
Maybe Chinese ‘leadership’ infected the city so it would draw attention away from people who think the ‘new variants’ are just ‘new releases’...
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