The city that recorded the first cases of Covid has gone back into lockdown 3 years after the epicenter of the virus.
Wuhan, the world’s first covid-19 outbreak in late 2019, reported between 20 and 25 new infections per day this week, prompting the local government to order more than 800,000 people in a district to stay home until Sunday.
“I don’t know what to do. If we can still live like this, I guess that’s what we’ll do,” said a Wuhan resident surnamed Chang, 38.
“When we see those reports about Covid, we feel a little numb now. We feel numb from all this. We feel more and more numb. “
Wuhan also suspended the sale of red meat in parts of the city, according to photographs and social media posts, after a Covid case was discovered that the government said was connected to the local chain of red meat sources.
Chinese cities from Wuhan to Xining in the northwest are doubling down on Covid-19 restrictions, sealing buildings, closing neighborhoods and throwing millions of others into misery in a stampede to prevent the spread of epidemics.
On Thursday, China reported a third consecutive day of more than 1,000 new covid cases across the country, a modest tally of the tens of thousands consistent with the day it sent Shanghai into a full lockdown earlier this year, but enough to cause more restrictions and restrictions. across the country.
The number of coronavirus cases in China has remained low through standards, however, its ultra-strict and disruptive containment measures this year, opposed to the highly transmissible variant of Omicron, have weighed heavily on the world’s second-largest economy.
Guangzhou, China’s fourth-largest city in terms of economic output and the capital of Guangdong province, sealed off more streets and neighborhoods on Thursday and kept other people at home as the new spaces were deemed high-risk in a Covid resurgence that persisted into its fourth week.
“Many of my friends and colleagues have been cooped up at home,” said Lily Li, 28, a Guangzhou resident.
“The scenario remains unstable. Many stalls are closed. Classes have ceased and entertainment venues have also been suspended. The gym I go to has also been closed. “
As of Oct. 24, 28 cities were implementing varying degrees of lockdown measures, with about 207. 7 million people affected in regions accounting for about 25. 6 trillion yuan ($3. 55 trillion) of China’s gross domestic product, according to Nomura.
That’s nearly a quarter of China’s GDP in 2021.
In Xining, capital of Qinghai province, social media posts reported food shortages and inflation in goods prices as the health government in the city of another 2. 5 million people rushed to involve a Covid spike after the National Day holiday week in early October.
“In the face of the threat of transmission, some large fruit and vegetable warehouses have been closed and quarantined,” a Xining government official said Wednesday.
Other major cities in China, in addition to Zhengzhou, Datong and Xian, put new brakes on this week to curb local outbreaks.
In Beijing, Universal Resort theme park closed Wednesday after at least one guest tested positive for coronavirus.
China has continuously vowed to stick to its zero-tolerance reaction to Covid-19 and put in place mandatory government measures to engage the virus.
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