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COVID-19 April 11: Infections increased sharply, many cities of the world’s most populous country directed urgently

On April 10, the Chinese city of Shanghai recorded nearly 25,000 cases of COVID-19 outside the community. Among them, 1,006 cases have symptoms and 23,937 cases are asymptomatic. This number far exceeds the record of 13,436 infections that Wuhan City recorded on February 12, 2020.

According to the Global Times on April 8, Ngo Ton You, head of the epidemiology team at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that for a city of 26 million people like Shanghai, if A citywide PCR test is completed in just 2-3 days and with a maximum of 4 consecutive tests, the outbreak in the community can be extinguished as early as 10-15 days. In the context of many people starting to worry about whether the epidemic situation in Shanghai and other parts of China can be controlled, Mr. Wu expressed confidence in China’s “zero Covid” strategy. Country.

Meanwhile, Zheng Junhua, commander-in-chief of the field hospital at the Shanghai International Exhibition Center, said Shanghai is a city with a rapidly aging population. The elderly here are a part of the population with a high rate of underlying diseases such as cardiovascular, nervous system, digestive system…, if infected with Covid-19, these diseases will be aggravated. Therefore, if you choose to “lay still and let it go” (ie living with the epidemic), the situation will be extremely scary for both the elderly and children.

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Medical staff take samples for COVID-19 testing in a community in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters

Currently, Shanghai is implementing a large-scale blockade order for the past several weeks to prevent the disease from spreading. Only healthcare workers, volunteers, delivery workers or certain people with special permits are allowed to leave the house.

The strict blockade order significantly affected the supply of food and other necessities when many supermarkets had to close.

Faced with this situation, leaders of a number of delivery service businesses and e-commerce companies have pledged to ensure the supply is not stagnant.

E-commerce group JD.com said it is focusing on basic foods and baby supplies. Delivery service company Ele.me announced it has added 2,800 delivery workers in the past week to meet the needs of people.

Earlier, the Ministry of Transport of China said that it had met with other government agencies to discuss standardization of pandemic monitoring stations on highways, because tightening measures in many localities made the chain difficult to control. supply is congested.

On April 9, the Chinese city government of Beijing also imposed a blockade order on a high-risk area after recording eight new cases of COVID-19 in the past two weeks.

The port city of Ningbo, near Shanghai, announced on April 10 that it would stop all food and drink services in hotels and restaurants, and people living in the blockade must undergo daily testing for 3 days.

Zhengzhou city in Henan province said it would test all of its 12.6 million people after it recorded several asymptomatic infections. In Guangzhou city, Guangdong province in southern China, all 11 counties distributed PCR testing notices to people on April 8 and April 9.

According to Reuters news agency, Nomura Company estimated this week that 23 cities in China – accounting for 193 million people and 22% of China’s GDP – were under full or semi-blockade.

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/nhieu-thanh-pho-cua-trung-quoc-tang-cuong-phong-chong-dich-c…

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