Guangzhou tightens regulations for outsiders because of the risk of spreading Covid-19

According to the sheet South China Morning PostGuangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province since the weekend, has been testing for Covid-19 on a large scale after detecting Covid-19 infections.

The city of 18 million people in the northwest of Hong Kong is home to many major companies and has China’s busiest airport. On April 11, Guangzhou had only 27 cases of Covid-19. However, primary and secondary schools have switched to online learning after the first 23 cases last week. An exhibition center is being converted into field hospital and the government announced it would start testing citywide.

Workers install isolation chambers at the exhibition center in Guangzhou Reuters

Under the new rules, only residents with special needs can leave Guangzhou and must test negative within 48 hours.

In the center technology Shenzhen is also in Guangdong, with some regions starting three rounds of large-scale testing from the weekend to April 11, after the first local infection appeared after 5 days without new infections. The city of 17 million people has been under continuous blockades for many months, most recently a week-long blockade in March.

Localities in Guangdong tighten anti-epidemic regulations in the context that the number of Covid-19 infections continues to increase in many large eastern cities. China, especially in Shanghai. On April 11, there were 1,251 symptomatic infections and 23,387 asymptomatic infections in the mainland, of which Shanghai had 994 symptomatic cases and 22,348 asymptomatic cases, according to Xinhua.

In addition, there were 1,676 Covid-19 patients discharged from hospital within the day on the whole mainland and 29,818 contacts near the end of the medical observation period.

People in Jinshan District, Shanghai take to the streets after the blockade regulations are eased Reuters

In an announcement on April 11, the Shanghai city government said it would divide residential areas into three risk groups, in which areas without positive cases for 1-2 weeks in a row will be eased blockade for one week. part.

In related developments, the US State Department on April 12 ordered non-essential staff at the consulate in Shanghai left due to the epidemic situation. Previously, these employees were allowed to leave at will, but it is not clear why this has become a mandatory regulation.

The US State Department recently published a warning that citizens should consider China because of the “arbitrary enforcement” of laws and regulations. Covid-19. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on April 10 that Beijing had opposed the baseless US accusations and said it was very dissatisfied.